
AND MINE 



AND 



WHAT GOD SAYS 
- ABOUT IT - 




ILLUSTRATED 



YOUR HEART 

AND 

MINE 

BY 

Rev. C. F. Wimberly, D. D. 

And 

John C. Capehart 



A BIBLE TEXT BOOK 

ON 

GODS PLAN OF SALVATION 

FOR 

HOMES-SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 



JOHN C. CAPEHART 

Seymour, Ind. 



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Copyright, 1921 

BY 

John C. Capehart. 



DLL 27 1921 
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CONTENTS. 

Introduction 5 

Preface 7 

(1) The Heart 15 

(2) The Human Heart — Sin Cursed from 

Birth 19 

(3) The Unregenerated Heart 23 

(4) Repentance — Godly Sorrow for Sin. ... 34 

(5) Confession of Sin 40 

(6) Saving Faith and Obedience 44 

(7) The Regenerated Heart 56 

(8) The Sanctified Heart 67 

(9) Holiness — Entire Sanctification — 

Christian Perfection 82 

Addenda 103 

List of the best books on full salvation . . 120 



INTRODUCTION. 

As a fit introduction to a book that deals with 
the most important subjects known to man, and a 
book that gives the mind of God on these subjects, 
so that we can easily know for ourselves "the 
whole truth, and nothing but the truth," we choose 
to give a few select passages from the Old and 
New Testaments, on what the Word of God says 
about itself. 

To the consecrated parent reader with chil- 
dren of proper age, having this book in their home, 
we suggest that you use every means to induce 
them to memorize its scripture contents, when you 
can be assured you have really given them a high- 
er education than all the high schools in the coun- 
try, and which would affect their success in two 
worlds more than anything else you could possi- 
bly do for them. Try paying them lc to 5c a verse 
if necessary — best money you ever spent. "Thy 
words have I hid in my heart that I might not 
sin against thee." J. C. C. 



PREFACE. 

Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his 
way? by taking heed thereto according to thy 
word. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I 
might not sin against thee. Blessed art thou, O 
Lord: teach me thy statutes. I have rejoiced in 
the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all rich- 
es. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have re- 
spect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy 
statutes : I will not forget thy word. Open thou 
mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out 
of thy law. I am a stranger in the earth : hide not 
thy commandments from me. My soul breaketh 
for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments 
at all times, [v. 40.] Princes also did sit and 
speak against me : but thy servant did meditate in 
thy statutes. Thy testimonies also are my delight 
and my counsellors. My soul cleaveth unto the 
dust : quicken thou me according to thy word. My 
soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me 
according unto thy word. I have chosen the way 
of truth : thy judgments have I laid before me. I 
have stuck unto thy testimonies : Lord, put me 
not to shame. Teach me, Lord, the way of thy 
statutes ; and I shall keep it unto the end. Make 
me to go in the path of thy commandments ; for 
therein do I delight. Let thy mercies come also 
unto me, Lord, even thy salvation, according 

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to thy word. And I will walk at liberty : for I seek 
thy precepts. I will speak of thy testimonies also 
before kings, and will not be ashamed. And I will 
delight myself in thy commandments, which I 
have loved. My hands also will I lift up unto thy 
commandments, which I have loved; and I will 
meditate in thy statutes. Remember the word un- 
to thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me 
to hope. This is my comfort in my affliction : for 
thy word hath quickened me. The proud have had 
me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined 
from thy law. I remember thy judgments of old, 
Lord; and have comforted myself. Thy p 
utes have been my songs in the house of my pil- 
grimage. The bands of the wicked have robbed 
me : but I have not forgotten thy law. Teach me 
good judgment and knowledge : for I have believed 
thy commandments. Before I was afflicted I went 
astray: but now have I kept thy word. Their 
heart is as fat as grease ; but I delight in thy law. 
The law of thy mouth is better unto me than 
thousands of gold and silver. They that fear thee 
will be glad when they see me; because I have 
hoped in thy word. [v. 147.] Let, I pray thee, 
thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, accord- 
ing to thy word unto thy servant. Let thy tender 
mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy 
law is my delight. Let the proud be ashamed ; for 
they dealt perversely with me without a cause: 
but I will meditate in thy precepts. My soul faint- 
eth for thy salvation : but I hope in thy word. [v. 



PREFACE 9 

147.] Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When 
wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a 
bottle in the smoke ; yet do I not forget thy stat- 
utes. All thy commandments are faithful: they 
persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. For 
ever, Lord, thy word is settled in heaven. Un- 
less thy law had been my delights, I should then 
have perished in mine affliction. I will never for- 
get thy precepts : for with them thou hast quick- 
ened me. I have seen an end of all perfection : but 
thy commandment is exceeding broad. how 
love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 
Thou through thy commandments hast made me 
wiser than mine enemies : for they are ever with 
me. I have more understanding than all my teach- 
ers : for thy testimonies are my meditation. I un- 
derstand more than the ancients, because I keep 
thy precepts. How sweet are thy words unto my 
taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! 
Through thy precepts I get understanding : there- 
fore I hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp 
unto my feet, and a light unto my path. My soul 
is continually in my hand : yet do I not forget thy 
law. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage 
for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 
I hate vain thoughts : but thy law do I love. De- 
part from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the 
commandments of my God. Thou puttest away 
all the wicked of the earth like dross : therefore I 
love thy testimonies. Therefore I love thy com- 
mandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. 



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Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all 
things to be right; and I hate every false way. 
Thy testimonies are wonderful : therefore doth my 
soul keep them. The entrance of thy words giveth 
light ; it giveth understanding unto the simple. I 
opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for 
thy commandments. Order my steps in thy word. 
Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are 
righteous and very faithful. Thy word is very 
pure, therefore thy servant loveth it. I am small 
and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. 
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteous- 
ness, and thy law is the truth. Trouble and an- 
guish have taken hold on me : yet thy command- 
ments are my delights. The righteousness of thy 
testimonies is everlasting: give me understand- 
ing, and I shall live. Mine eyes prevent the night 
watches that I might meditate in thy word. Thou 
art near, Lord ; and all thy commandments are 
truth. Concerning thy testimonies, I have known 
of old that thou hast founded them for ever. Con- 
sider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not 
forget thy law. Many are my persecutors and 
mine enemies ; yet do I not decline from thy tes- 
timonies. I beheld the transgressors, and was 
grieved; because they kept not thy word. Con- 
sider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, 
Lord, according to thy lovingkindness. Thy word 
is true from the beginning : and every one of thy 
righteous judgments endureth for ever. Princes 
have persecuted me without a cause: but my 



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heart standeth in awe of thy word. I rejoice at 
thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. I hate 
and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. Great 
peace have they which love thy law : and nothing 
shall offend them. My soul hath kept thy testi- 
monies ; and I love them exceedingly. My tongue 
shall speak of thy word: for all thy command- 
ments are righteousness. Let thine hand help 
me ; for I have chosen thy precepts. I have longed 
for thy salvation, Lord; and thy law is my 
delight. Psalms 119:9-174. 

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, 
or the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to 
fulfil. Matt. 5:17. 

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of 
mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise 
man, which built his house upon a rock. Matt. 
7.24. 

For all the prophets and the law prophesied 
until John. He that hath ears to hear let him 
hear. Matt, 11:13. 

But he answered and said unto them, Why do 
ye also transgress the commandment of God by 
your tradition ? But in vain they do worship me, 
teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 
Matt. 15:3. 

- Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the 
power of God. Matt. 22 :29. 

The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God 
is at hand : repent ye, and believe the Gospel. 
Mark 1:15. 



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And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the 
commandment of God, that ye may keep your own 
tradition. Making the word of God of none effect 
through your tradition, which ye have delivered. 
Mark 7:9. 

And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye 
not therefore err, because ye know not the scrip- 
tures, neither the power of God? Mark 12:24. 

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my 
words shall not pass away. Mark 13:31. 

For no word from God shall be void of power. 
[R. V.] Luke 1:37. - 

And all bare him witness, and wondered at 
the gracious words which proceeded out of his 
mouth. Luke 4 :22. 

Now the parable is this : The seed is the word 
of God. Those by the way side are they that 
hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the 
word out of their hearts, lest they should believe 
and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, 
when they hear, receive the word with joy; and 
these have no root, which for a while believe, and 
in time of temptation fall away. And that which 
fell among thorns are they, which, when they 
have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares 
and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring 
no fruit to perfection. But that on the good 
ground are they, which in an honest and good 
heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring 
forth fruit with patience. Luke 8 :11. 



PREFACE 13 

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that 
hear the word of God, and keep it. Luke 11 :28. 

And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, 
than one tittle of the law to fail. Abraham saith 
unto him, They have Moses and the prophets ; let 
them hear them. And he said unto him, If they 
hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will 
they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. 
Luke 16:17. 

And they said one to another, Did not our 
heart burn within us, while he talked with us by 
the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures ? 
Then opened he their understanding, that they 
might understand the scriptures. 
Luke 24:32. 

When therefore he was risen from the dead, 
his disciples remembered that he had said this 
unto them; and they believed the scripture, and 
the word which Jesus had said. John 2 :22. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hear- 
eth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, 
hath everlasting life, and shall not come into con- 
demnation; but is passed from death unto life. 
Search the scriptures for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life: and they are they which testi- 
fy of me. John 5:24. 

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh 
profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto 
you, they are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63. 

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed 
on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye 



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my disciples indeed ; And ye shall know the truth, 
and the truth shall make you free. John 8 :31. 

If he called them gods, unto whom the word 
of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken. 
John 10:35. 

Now ye are clean through the word which I 
have spoken unto you. John 15:3. 

For I have given unto them the words which 
thou gavest me ; and they have received them, and 
have known surely that I came out from thee, 
and they have believed that thou didst send me. 
I have given them thy word ; and the world hath 
hated them, because they are not of the world, 
even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them 
through thy truth: thy word is truth. And for 
their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might 
be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray 1 
for these alone, but for them also which shall be- 
lieve on me through their word; That they all 
may be one ; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in 
thee, that they also may be one in us: that the 
world may believe that thou hast sent me. John 
17:8. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE HEART. 

Text: Keep thy heart with all diligence, for 
out of it are the issues of life. Prov. 4:23. 

There is something mysteriously divine about 
the heart. Just as that 'physical organ in the 
bosom controls and gives life and nourishment to 
all the physical body — so there is a seat of affec- 
tion — somev.'here, that is the controlling poiver in 
every life — the dynamo of all impulses and activi- 
ties. It is the seat, the throne-room of judgment, 
sensibilities and will.. Some tell us that this cen- 
ter of moral, mental, and spiritual forces, is loca- 
ted at the base of the brain; others say — it per- 
vades all the brain; and still others say — it is lo- 
cated in the physical organ — The Heart. We 
shall verify the fact, from the Word, that it is the 
seat of all affections — whether good, or evil. 

C. F. W. 

Oh that there were such a heart in them, that 
they would fear me, and keep all my command- 
ments always, that it might be well with them, 
and with their children for ever! Deut. 5:29. 

And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy might. Deut. 6:5. 

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For the Lord seeth not as man seeth ; for man 
looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord 
looketh on the heart. 1 Sam. 16 : 7. 

Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, 
and forgive, and do, and give to every man ac- 
cording to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; 
(for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of 
all the children of men. 1 Kings 8:39. 

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the 
God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect 
heart and with a willing mind : for the Lord 
searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the 
imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, 
he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, 
he will cast thee off for ever. 1 Chron. 28:9. 

And he did evil, because he prepared not his 
heart to seek the Lord. 2 Chron. 12:14. 

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth 
the secrets of the heart. Psa. 44 :21. 

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward 
parts : and in the hidden part thou shalt make me 
to know wisdom. Psa. 51 :6. 

Create in me a clean heart, God; and re- 
new a right spirit within me. Psa. 51:10. 

My heart is fixed, God, my heart is fixed : I 
will sing and give praise. Psa. 51 :7. 

Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it 
are the issues of life. Prov. 4 :23. 

A merry heart maketh a cheerful counte- 
nance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is 
broken. Prov. 15:13. 



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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes : 
but the Lord pondereth the hearts. Prov. 21 :2. 

But thou, Lord, knowest me : thou hast seen 
me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them 
out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them 
for the day of slaughter. Jer. 12:3. 

The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, 
and with the point of a diamond : it is graven up- 
on the table of their heart, and upon the horns of 
your altars ; I the Lord search the heart, I try the 
reins, even to give every man according to his 
ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 
Jer. 17:10. 

And I will give them one heart, and I will put 
a new spirit within you ; and I will take the stony 
heart out of their flesh, and will give them an 
heart of flesh : But as for them whose heart walk- 
eth after the heart of their detestable things and 
their abominations, I will recompense their way 
upon their own heads, saith the Lord God. Ezek. 
11:19-21. 

But those things which proceed out of the 
mouth come forth from the heart ; and they defile 
the man. For out of the heart proceed evil 
thoughts;,, murders, adulteries, fornications, 
thefts, false witness, blasphemies : These are the 
things which defile a man. Matt. 15:18-20. 

And he said unto them, Ye are they which 
justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth 
your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed 



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among men is abomination in the sight of God. 
Luke 16:15. 

And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which 
knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of 
these two thou hast chosen. Acts 1 :24. 

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and 
pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart 
may be forgiven thee. Acts 8 :22. 

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare 
them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even 
as he did unto us. Acts 15:8. 

But, after thy hardness and impenitent heart, 
treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day 
of wrath and revelation of the righteous judg- 
ment of God. Rom. 2:5. 

And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth 
what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh 
intercession for the saints according to the will 
of God. Rom. 8 :27. 

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, 
and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing 
even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, 
and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner 
of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Heb. 
4:12. 



CHAPTER II. 

PROPOSITION : THE HUMAN HEART — SIN-CURSED 
FROM BIRTH. 

Text: "Behold I was shapen in iniquity and 
in sin did my mother conceive me." Psa. 51 :5. 

"Children are born pure," declare many, in 
these days. "We are only one generation from 
the millennium," we heard recently from the 
pulpit. "If they get out of the kingdom, they ivill 
have to sin out — they are born in the kingdom — 
pure as angels." But over against this dangerous 
heresy, the Book says, "In Adam all die." We 
should like to enter into a detailed discussion of 
this most important doctrine, but we will pass it 
over, by giving what the Bible has to say about it. 
The object of this work is to give the language of 
the Bible with but little comment. 

The VII and VIII Article of the Methodist 
Church rings true on this subject. Then in the 
Baptismal ritual we find a true statement of the 
spiritual condition of children: "Dearly beloved, 
forasmuch as all men are conceived and born in 
sin, etc., then the prayer which follows : "0 Mer- 
ciful God, grant that the old Adam in this child 
may be so buried that the new man may be raised 
up in him, etc." 

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20 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

"Lord we are vile, conceived in sin, 

And born unholy and unclean; 
Sprung from the man whose guilty fall, 

Corrupts the race and taints us all. 

Soon as we draw our infant breath, 
The seeds of sin grow up for death. 

The law demands a perfect heart, 
But we are defiled in every party 

Notice another old hymn. 

"How sad our state by nature is! 
Our sin how deep it stains! 

And Satan, binds our captive souls 
Fast in his slavish chains." 

If our children are born pure and may be 
trained 0Md kept in the kingdom., tell us, ye 
modern sages, wherein did He die for all? May 
His death, if we keep our children in the fold, as 
it were; may His death not soon become unneces- 
sary? If children are born without the Adamic 
sin, the salvation of all the children is in our 
hands, and we do not need the death and suffer- 
ing of our Lord. It is an insult to ridicule the 
Adamic fall, bringing its curse and misery, for 
tvhich Christ died to atone. 

Children are innocent, that keeps them in a 
saved relation; the death of Christ provides for 
them. But they do not have to sin out when they 
reach accountability. Unless they ratify the aton- 
ing provisions of grace through the death of 
Christ — accepting it by faith — they are out. The 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 21 

curse of the fall is upon them. To say that chil- 
dren are not born ivith a predisposition to evil, is 
to acknoivledge ignorance touching facts demon- 
strated in every household. Deceit, dishonesty, 
selfishness, pride, anger, etc., are characteristics 
of children, beginning at the cradle. The account- 
able child is dead in trespasses and sin, and must 
be born again. 

We shall trace this black heart further through 
the inspired Word. Let God interpret the nature 
of the Unregenerated Heart. C. F. w. 




UNREGENERATED— Ephe. 4:18. 
NOT RIGHT WITH GOD— Acts 8:21 

THE WHOLE TROUBLE 
WITH THE WHOLE WORLD 

Make the tree good and his fruit good and you solve the 
problem o,f the individual, the home, the community, the nation. 
the world. 



CHAPTER III. 

THE UNREGENERATED HEART. 

Text: For from within, out of the heart of 
men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornica- 
tions, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, 
deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, 
pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from 
within and defile the man. Words of Jesus in 
Mark 7:21-23. 

Either make the tree good and his fruit good ; 
or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit cor- 
rupt ; for the tree is known by his fruit. Words 
of Jesus, Matt. 12 :33. 

Now the serpent was more subtil than any 
beast of the field which the Lord God had made. 
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, 
Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? And, 
the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of 
the fruit of the trees of the garden: [Gen. 2:16.] 
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst 
of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of 
it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. [Gen. 
2:17.] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye 
shall not surely die : For God doth know that in 
the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be 
opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and 
evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was 

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24 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

good for food, and that it was pleasant to the 
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, 
she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and 
gave also unto her husband with her; and he did 
eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and 
they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed 
fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 
And they heard the voice of the Lord God walk- 
ing in the garden in the cool of the day: and 
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the pres- 
ence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the 
garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam, 
and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, 
I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, 
because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he 
said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast 
thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee 
that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, 
The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she 
gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord 
God said unto the woman, What is this that thou 
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent be- 
guiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said 
unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, 
thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every 
beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, 
and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 
And I will put enmity between thee and the wo- 
man, and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall 
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 25 

thy sorrow and thy conception: in sorrow thou 
shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall 
be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast heark- 
ened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of 
the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou 
shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy 
sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days 
of thy life ; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring 
forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the 
field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat 
bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of 
it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto 
dust shalt thou return. Gen. 3:1-19. 

And God saw that the wickedness of men was 
great in the earth, and that every imagination of 
the thoughts of his heart was only evil contin- 
ually. Gen. 6:5. 

Who can bring a clean thing out of an un- 
clean? not one. Job 14:4. 

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by 
hiding mine iniquity in my bosom. Job 31 :33. 

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; 
their inward part is very wickedness ; their throat 
is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their 
tongue. Psa. 5:9. 

The wicked, through the pride of his counte- 
nance, will not seek after God: God is not in all 
his thoughts. His ways are always grievous ; thy 
judgments are far above out of his sight: as for 
all his enemies, he puffeth at them. He hath said 



26 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

in his heart, I shall not be moved : for I shall nev- 
er be in adversity. His mouth is full of cursing 
and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mis- 
chief and vanity. He sitteth in the lurking places 
of the villages : in the secret places doth he mur- 
der the innocent : his eyes are privily set against 
the poor. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his 
den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth 
catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 
He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the 
poor may fall by his strong ones. He hath said in 
his heart, God hath forgotten : he hideth his face ; 
he will never see it. Psa. 10 :4-ll. 

The transgression of the wicked saith within 
my heart, that there is no fear of God before his 
eyes. For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, 
until his iniquity be found to be hateful. The 
words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he 
hath left off to be wise, and to do good. He de- 
viseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself 
in a way that is not good ; he abhorreth not evil. 
Psa. 36:1-4. 

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my 
words behind thee. When thou sawest a thief, 
then thou consentedst with him, and hast been 
partaker with adulterers. Thou givest thy mouth 
to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. Thou sit- 
test and speakest against thy brother ; thou slan- 
dereth thine own mother's son. Psa. 50:17-20. 

Behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did 
my mother conceive me. Psa. 51:5. 



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For that they hated knowledge, and did not 
choose the fear of the Lord. They would none of 
my counsel : they despised all my reproof. Prov. 
1 :29, 30. 

To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, 
from the man that speaketh f roward things ; Who 
leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the 
ways of darkness ; Who rejoice to do evil, and de- 
light in the frowardness of the wicked; Whose 
ways are crooked, and they froward in their 
paths: To deliver thee from the strange woman, 
even from the stranger which flattereth with her 
words ; Which f orsaketh the guide of her youth, 
and forgetteth the covenant of her God. For her 
house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the 
dead. None that go unto her return again, neith- 
er take they hold of the paths of life. Prov. 
2:12-19. 

They sleep not, except they have done mis- 
chief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they 
cause some to fall. Prov. 4:16. 

Lo, this only have I found that God hath made 
man upright; but they have sought out many in- 
ventions. Because sentence against an evil work 
is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of 
the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. 
Eccles. 8:11. 

Because they despised my judgments, and 
walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sab- 
baths: for their heart went after their idols. 
Eccles. 20:16. 



28 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teach- 
ers have transgressed against me. Isa. 43 :27. 

But they like men [Adam, R. V.] have trans- 
gressed the covenant. Hos. 6 :7. 

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, 
but walked in the counsels and in the imagination 
of their evil heart, and went backward, and not 
forward. Jer. 7:24. 

The heart is deceitful above all things, and 
desperately wicked: who can know it. Jer. 17:9. 

And he said, That which cometh out of the 
man, that defileth the man. For from within, out 
of the heart of men, -proceed evil thoughts, adul- 
teries, fornications, murders, thefts, icovetous- 
ness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil 
eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: All these evil 
things come from within, and defile the man. 
Mark 7 :20-23. 

But I know you, that ye have not the love of 
God in you. John 5 :42. 

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the ser- 
vant of sin. John 8:34. 

Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : 
for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 
Acts 8:21. 

And even as they did not like to retain God in 
their knowledge, God gave them over to a repro- 
bate mind, to do those things which are not con- 
venient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, 
fornication, wickedness, covetousness, malicious- 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 29 

ness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, mar 
lignity; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, de- 
spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, 
disobedient to parents. Without understanding, 
covenantbreakers, without natural affection, im- 
placable, unmerciful : Who knowing the judgment 
of God, that they which commit such things are 
worthy of death, not only do the same, but have 
pleasure in them that do them. Rom. 1 : 28-32. 

As by one man sin entered into the world, and 
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, 
for that all have sinned. 

For until the law sin was in the world; but 
sin is not imputed when there is no law. 

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to 
Moses, even over them that had not sinned after 
the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the 
figure of him that was to come. 

But not as the offence, so also is the free gift : 
for if through the offence of one many be dead, 
much more the grace of God, and the gift by 
grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath 
abounded unto many. 

And not as it was by one that sinned, so is 
the gift: for the judgment was by one to condem- 
nation, but the free gift is of many offences unto 
justification. 

For if by one man's offence death reigned by 
one ; much more they which receive abundance of 
grace and of the gift of righteousness shall .reign 
in life by one, Jesus Christ. 



30 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

Therefore, as by the offence of one judgment 
came upon all men to condemnation; even so by 
the righteousness of one the free gift came upon 
all men unto justification of life. 

For as by one man's disobedience many were 
made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall 
many be made righteous. Rom. 5:12-19. 

For they that are after the flesh do mind the 
things of the flesh ; but they that are after the 
Spirit the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally 
minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is 
life and peace. Because the carnal mind is en- 
mity against God: for it is not subject to the 
law of God, neither indeed can be. 

So then they that are in the flesh cannot 
please God. Rom. 3:5-8. 

For since by man came death, by man came 
also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam 
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 
1 Cor. 15:21, 22. 

The serpent beguiled Eve through his sub- 
tilty. 2 Cor. 11 :3. 

Among "whom also we all had our conversation 
in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the 
desires of the flesh and of the mind ; and were by 
nature the children of wrath even as others. 
Ephe. 2:3. 

In flaming fire taking vengeance on* them that 
know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. 1:8. 

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covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobe- 
dient to parents, unthankful, unholy. 

Without natural affection, truce-breakers, 
false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of 
those that are good, 

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleas- 
ures more than lovers of God ; 

Having a form of godliness, but denying the 
power thereof: from such turn away. 

For of this sort are they which creep into 
houses, and lead captive silly women laden with 
sins, led away with divers lusts. 

Ever learning, and never able to come to the 
knowledge of the truth. 

Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, 
so do these also resist the truth : men of corrupt 
minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 2 Tim. 
3 :2-8. 

Here is truly a dark picture of the human 
heart, drawn by God Himself. History corrobor- 
ates the Word in teaching that the whole human 
family is involved in sin and woe apart from Je- 
sus Christ. Sin is a foreign thing, the work of an 
enemy. It blinds, blights, blasts, ruins and de~ 
stvoys. 

Every child born into the world has this heart 
of sin, this tendency to evil, the master ivork of 
the devil. 

He is spiritually dead, alienated from the life 
of God, under condemnation. He cannot discern 
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32 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

is also "deceitful above all things and desperately 
wicked." All this regardless of high education, 
moral culture, elegant manners, fine apparel, good 
'ivorks, or station in life. 

It is absolutely impossible, church member- 
ship notwithstanding, for this soul to escape hell 
and gain Heaven, without experiencing transfor- 
mation by the Holy Spirit — "born again," "not 
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the 
will of man, but of God." 

Evidently, millions of church members have 
not experienced this great salvation, misled by 
false teachers, they are going to try to "climb up 
some other 'tray" They are doomed to be left in 
outer darkness: they know not the Shepherd's 
voice. 

When a Spirit-convicted sinner repents of all 
his personal sins (sorry enough to quit forever) , 
confesses and forsakes all his evil ivay, exercises 
faith in Jesus Christ as his own personal Saviour, 
purposing in his heart, to obey Him forever — 
God, for Christ's sake pardons, regenerates, justi- 
fies, and saves, according to His ivord that fol- 
lows. 

"God made man upright but he has sought out 
many inventions," especially in the plans of sal- 
vation, but there is only ONE WAY of genuine 
salvation that will ever put you and me on the in- 
side of the pearly gates, and that's GOD'S WAY. 
MAKE SURE you are right — No coming back 
to correct mistakes. God accepts no excuses for 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 33 

sin. This is the most important business of our 
lives, hence we conclude to folloiu this awful con- 
dition pictured above in which man finds himself 
by the real way out of it, or God's Plan of Salva- 
tion, as opposed to many man-made inventions. 

J. C. C. 



CHAPTER IV. 

REPENTANCE — GODLY SORROW FOR SIN — MAN'S 
FIRST STEP TOWARD HEAVEN. 

If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his 
statutes which are written in this book of the law, 
and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul. Deut. 30:10. 

If my people, which are called by my name, 
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my 
face, and turn from their wicked ways ; then will 
I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, 
and will heal their land. 2 Chron. 7:14. 

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a 
broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite 
spirit. Psa. 34:18. 

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth 
up their wounds. Psa. 147:3. 

See"k ye the Lord while he may be found, call 
ye upon him while he is near : Let the wicked for- 
sake his way, and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and 
he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for 
he will abundantly pardon. Isa. 55:6, 7. 

And I will give them an heart to know me, 
that I am the Lord : and they shall be my people, 

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YOUR HEART AND MINE 35 

and I will be their God : for they shall return unto 
me with their whole heart. Jer. 24:7. 

They shall come with weeping, and with sup- 
plications will I lead them: I will cause them to 
walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, 
wherein they shall not stumble : for I am a father 
to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. Jer. 31 :9. 

It may be they will present their supplication 
before the Lord, and will return every one from 
his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury 
that the Lord hath pronounced against this people. 
Jer. 36:7. 

Thus saith the Lord God; Repent, and turn 
yourselves from your idols; and turn away your 
faces from all your abominations. Ezek. 14:6. 

Repent, and turn yourselves from all your 
transgressions ; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 
Ezek. 18:30. 

Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye 
even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, 
and with weeping, and with mourning : And rend 
your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto 
the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merci- 
ful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and re- 
penteth him of the evil. Joel 2:12, 13. 

In those days came John the Baptist, preach- 
ing in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Re- 
pent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
Matt. 3:1, 2. 

generation of vipers, who hath warned you 



36 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth 
therefore fruits meet for repentance. Matt. 
3:7,8. 

From that time Jesus began to preach, and to 
say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at 
hand. Matt. 4:17. 

Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be 
comforted. Matt. 5:4. 

But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will 
have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come 
to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 
Matt. 9:18. 

John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach 
the baptism of repentance for the remission of 
sins. And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the 
kingdom of God is at hand : repent ye, and believe 
the gospel. Mark 1:4, 15. 

When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They 
that are whole have no need of the physician, but 
they that are sick: I came not to call the right- 
eous, but sinners to repentance. Mark 2:17. 

And they went out, and preached that men 
should repent. Mark 6:12. 

Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee,, Beth- 
saida ! for if the mighty works had been done in 
Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, 
they had a great while ago repented, sitting in 
sackcloth and ashes. Luke 10:13. 

And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose 
ye that these Galilseans were sinners above all the 
Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? I 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 37 

tell you, Nay ; but, except ye repent, ye shall all 
likewise perish. Luke 13 :2, 3. 

I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in 
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than 
over ninety and nine just persons, which need no 
repentance. Luke 15 :7. 

And the publican, standing afar off, would not 
lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote 
upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a 
sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his 
house justified rather than the other: for every 
one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he 
that humbJeth himself shall be exalted. Luke 18 : 
13, 14. 

And that repentance and remission of sins 
should be preached in his name among all nations, 
beginning at Jerusalem. Luke 24:47. 

Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized 
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for 
the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift 
of the Holy Ghost. With many other words did 
he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves 
from this untoward generation. Acts 2 :38. 

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that 
your sins may be blotted out when the times of re- 
freshing shall come from the presence of the 
Lord. Acts 3:19. 

Him hath God exalted with his right hand to 
be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance 
to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. Acts 5 :31. 

Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and 



38 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart 
may be forgiven thee. Acts 8 :22. 

The times of this ignorance God winked at; 
but now commandeth all men everywhere to re- 
pent. Acts 17:30. 

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the 
Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward 
our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 20:21. 

But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and 
at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of 
Judsea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should 
repent and turn to God, and do works meet for 
repentance. Acts 26 :20. 

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness 
and forbearance and longsuffering ; not knowing 
that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repent- 
ance? Rom. 2:4. 

They also, if they abide not still in unbelief, 
shall be grafted in : for God is able to graff them 
in again. Rom. 11:23. 

As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow 
to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 
Rom. 14:11. 

He saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise 
from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 
Eph. 5:14. 

In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves; if God peradventure will give them 
repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 
2 Tim. 2 :25. 

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YOUR HEART AND MINE 39 

of Christ, let us go on unto perfection ; not laying 
again the foundation of repentance from dead 
works, and of faith toward God. Heb. 6:1. 

Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to 
you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners ; and purify 
your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and 
mourn, and weep : let your laughter be turned to 
mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble 
yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall 
lift you up. Jas. 4:8. 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just 
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousnes. 1 John 1 :9. 

Remember therefore from whence thou art 
fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else 
I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy 
candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. 
Repent ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and 
will fight against them with the sword of my 
mouth. Rev. 2:5. 

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which 
remain, that are ready to die: for I have not 
found thy works perfect before God. Remember 
therefore how thou hast received and heard, and 
hold fast, and repent. As many as I love, I re- 
buke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and re- 
pent. Rev. 3:2. 



CHAPTER V. 

CONFESSION OF SIN. 

The outcry of the repentant heart to God for 
mercy and forgiveness. 

The Romanists say, that sinners mast confess 
to the priest. Many Protestants do not confess at 
all. They do believe in "joining the church" and 
die without repentance, therefore die unf or given, 
and according to the Book, go to their own place. 
Judas might have been saved, had he been taught 
properly in his hour of awful grief and penitence 
— but Satan pushed Mm beyond repentance to 
self-destruction. C. F. W. 

And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one 
of these things, that he shall confess that he hath 
sinned in that thing. Lev. 5 :5. 

And they rose up early in the morning, and 
gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, 
Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place 
which the Lord hath promised: for we have 
sinned. Numb. 14:40. 

And David's heart smote him after that he 
had numbered the people. And David said unto 
the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have 
done : and now, I beseech thee, Lord, take away 
the iniquity of thy servant ; for I have done very 
foolishly. 

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YOUR HEART AND MINE 41 

And David spake unto the Lord when he saw 
the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I 
have sinned, and I have done wickedly : but these 
sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I 
pray thee, be against me, and against my father's 
house. 2 Sam. 24:10, 17. 

We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and 
have not kept the commandments, nor the stat- 
utes, nor the judgments, which thou command- 
edst thy servant Moses. Neh. 1 :7. 

And they stood up in their place, and read in 
the book of the law of the Lord their God one 
fourth part of the day; and another fourth part 
they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their 
God. Neh. 9:3. 

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, 
thou preserver of men ? why hast thou set me as a 
mark against thee, so that I am a burden to my- 
self? Job 7:20. 

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine 
iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my 
transgressions unto the Lord ; and thou f orgavest 
the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Psa. 32 :5. 

There is no soundness in my flesh because of 
thine anger ; neither is there any rest in my bones 
because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone 
over mine head : as an heavy burden they are 
too heavy for me. For I will declare mine ini- 
quity : I will be sorry for my sin. Psa. 38 :3, 4, 18. 
Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from 
me, Lord : let thy lovingkindness and thy truth 



42 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

continually preserve me. For innumerable evils 
have compassed me about: mine iniquities have 
taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look 
up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: 
therefore my heart faileth me. Psa. 40 :11, 12. 

I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my 
soul ; for I have sinned against thee. Psa. 41 :4. 

Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and 
cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my 
transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done 
this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justi- 
fied when thou speakest, and be clear when thou 
judgest. Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in 
sin did my mother conceive me. Psa. 51 :2-5. 

God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my 
sins are not hid from thee. Psa. 69:5. 

We have sinned with our fathers, we have 
committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. Psa. 
106:6. 

1 thought on my ways, and turned my feet 
unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed 
not to keep thy commandments. I have gone 
astray like a lost sheep ; seek thy servant ; for I do 
not forget thy commandments. Psa. 119:59, 60, 
176. 

A voice was heard upon the high places, weep- 
ing and supplications of the chidren of Israel : for 
they have perverted their way, and they have for- 
gotten the Lord their God. 

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YOUR HEART AND MINE 43 

heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto 
thee ; for thou art the Lord our God. 

We lie down in our shame, and our confusion 
covereth us : for we have sinned against the Lord 
our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even 
unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of 
the Lord our God. Jer. 3:21, 22, 23. 

Let us search and try our ways, and turn 
again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with 
our hands unto God in the heavens. We have 
transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not 
pardoned. Lam. 3:40-42. 

And when he came to himself, he said, How 
many hired servants of my father's have bread 
enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto 
him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and 
before thee, And am no more worthy to be called 
thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. 
And he arose, and came to his father. But when 
he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, 
and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, 
and kissed him. And the son said unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy 
sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy 
son. Luke 15:17-21. 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just 
to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all 
unrighteousness. 1 John 1 :9. 



CHAPTER VI. 

SAVING FAITH AND OBEDIENCE. 

''Therefore being justified by faith, we have 
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." 
He then becomes a personal Saviour, and by this 
great transaction, we are elected to citizenship in 
the eternal kingdom of God — heirs of God and 
joint-heirs with Jesus Christ. This will be our 
eternal inheritance; if we do not fall away, and 
live again the old life of sin. C. F. W. 

And, behold, there came a leper and wor- 
shipped him, saying, Lord if thou wilt, thou 
canst make me clean. Matt. 8 :2. 

Then touched he their eyes, saying, According 
to your faith be it unto you. Matt. 9 :29. 

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are 
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my 
yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek 
and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden 
is light. Matt. 11 :28-30. 

Then Jesus answered and said unto her, wo- 
man, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as 
thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole 
from that very hour. Matt. 15 :28. 

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YOUR HEART AND MINE 45 

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all 
things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 
9 :23. 

He that believeth and is baptized shall be 
saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 
Mark 16:18. 

When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled 
at him, and turned him about, and said unto the 
people that followed him, I say unto you, I have 
not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And 
he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee ; 
go in peace. Luke 7:9, 50. 

And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: 
thy faith hath saved thee. Luke 18 :42. 

But as many as received him, to them gave he 
power to become the sons of God, even to them 
that believe on his name : Which were born, not 
of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the 
will of man, but of God. John 1:12, 13. 

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wil- 
derness, even so must the Son of man be lifted 
up: That whosoever believeth in him should not 
perish, but have eternal life. 

For God so loved the world, that he gave his 
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

He that believeth on him is not condemned: 
but he that believeth not is condemned already, 
because he hath not believed in the name of the 
only begotten Son of God. 

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46 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not 
see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. 
John 3:14, 15, 16, 18,36. 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth 
my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come into condem- 
nation; but is passed from death unto life. 
John 5:24. 

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is 
the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he 
hath sent. 

And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of 
life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; 
and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 

It is written in the prophets, And they shall 
be all taught of God. Every man therefore that 
hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, com- 
eth unto me. John 6:29, 35, 45. 

He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath 
said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 
water. John 7:38. 

Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and 
when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost 
thou believe on the Son of God? John 9:35. 

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, 
and the life: he that believeth in me, though he 
were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liv- 
eth and believeth in me shall never die. Believ- 
est thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: 
I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, 
which should come into the world. Jesus saith 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 47 

unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou 
wouldst believe, thou shouldst see the glory of 
God? John 11:25, 26, 27, 40. 

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in 
God, believe also in me. Or else believe me for 
the very works' sake. He that belie veth on me, 
the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater 
works than these shall he do; because I go unto 
my Father. John 14:1. 

For the Father himself loveth you, because ye 
have loved me, and have believed that T came out 
from God. These things I have spoken unto you, 
that in me ye might have peace. John 16:27. 

Every one that is of the truth heareth my 
voice. John 18:37. 

And be not faithless, but believing. Jesus 
saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen 
me, thou hast believed : blessed are they that have 
not seen, and yet have believed. But these are 
written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the 
Christ the Son of God; and that believing ye 
might have life through his name. John 20 :27. 

His name through faith in his name hath 
made this man strong, whom ye see and know: 
yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this 
perfect soundness in the presence of you all. Acts 
3:16. 

To him give all the prophets witness, that 
through his name whosoever believeth in him 
shall receive remission of sins. Acts 10:43. 

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48 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

purifying their hearts by faith. But we believe 
that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 
we shall be saved, even as they. Acts 15 :9. 

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou 
shalt be saved, and thy house. Acts 16:31. 

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the 
Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward 
God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Acts 20 :21. 

That they may receive forgiveness of sins, 
and inheritance among them which are sanctified 
by faith that is in. me. Acts 26 :18. 

Even the righteousness of God which is by 
faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them 
that believe: for there is no difference: For all 
have sinned, and come short of the glory of God ; 
Being justified freely by his grace through the re- 
demption that is in Christ Jesus : Whom God hath 
set forth to be a propitiaton through faith in his 
blood, to declare his righteousness for the remis- 
sion of sins that are past, through the forbear- 
ance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his 
righteousness : that he might be just, and the jus- 
tifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Where is 
boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of 
works? Nay: but by the law of faith. Therefore 
we conclude that a man is justified by faith with- 
out the deeds of the law. Rom. 3 :22-28. 

As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumb- 
lingstone and rock of offence : and whosoever be- 
lieveth on him shall not be ashamed. Rom. 9 :33. 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 49 

For Christ is the end of the law for righteous- 
ness to every one that belie veth. If thou shalt 
confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt 
believe in thine heart that God hath raised him 
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Rom. 10:4. 

Knowing that a man is not justified by the 
works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, 
even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we 
might be justified by the faith of Christ. Gal. 
2:16. 

In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth 
anything, nor uncircumcision ; but faith which 
worketh by love. Gal. 5:6. 

That we should be to the praise of his glory, 
who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also 
trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the 
gospel of your salvation : in whom also after that 
ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit 
of promise. Which is the earnest of our inheri- 
tance until the redemption of the purchased pos- 
session, unto the praise of his glory. Eph. 1 :12. 

In whom we have boldness and access with 
confidence by the faith of him. That Christ may 
dwell in your hearts by faith. Eph. 3:12. 

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and 
of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a per- 
fect man, unto the measure of the stature of the 
fulness of Christ. Eph. 4:13 

Not having mine own righteousness, which is 
of the law, but that which is through the faith of 



50 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

Christ, the righteousness which is of God by 
faith. Phil. 3:9. 

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in 
the faith. Col. 2:7. 

Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that 
in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all 
longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should 
hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 1 
Tim. 1:16. 

In faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 
2 Tim. 1:13. 

Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 
2 Tim. 2:1. 

From a child thou hast known the holy scrip- 
tures, which are able to make thee wise unto sal- 
vation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 2 
Tim. 3:15. 

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne 
of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in time of need. Heb. 4:16. 

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, 
both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into 
that within the veil. Heb. 6:19. 

Let us draw near with a true heart in full as- 
surance of faith. Heb. 10 :22. 

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of 
our faith. Heb. 12 :2. 

In whom, though now ye see him not, yet be- 
lieving, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full 
of glory. 1 Pet. 1 :8. 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 51 

Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, 
elect, precious : and he that believeth on him shall 
not be confounded. Unto you therefore which 
believe he is precious. 1 Pet. 2:6. 

Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Je- 
sus Christ, to them that have obtained like pre- 
cious faith with us through the righteousness of 
God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Pet. 1:1. 

This is his commandment, That we should be- 
lieve on the name of his Son Jesus Christ. 1 John 
3:23. 

This is the victory that overcometh the world, 
even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the 
world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son 
of God ? He that believeth on the Son of God hath 
the witness in himself: . . . Unto you that be- 
lieve on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may 
know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may 
believe on the name of the Son of God. This is 
the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask 
anything according to his will, he heareth us. 
1 John 5:4. 

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking 
for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eter- 
nal life. Jude 21. 

Fear not; I am the first and the last. Rev. 
1 :17. 

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the 
fire, that thou mayest be rich ; and white raiment, 
that thou mayest be clothed . . . Behold, I stand 
at the door, and knock ; if any man hear my voice, 



52 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

and open the door, I will come in to him, and will 
sup with him, and he with me. Rev. 3:18. 
HUMANITY AND CARNALITY. 

God put the essential elements of humanity 
into Adam, and Eve at their creation. Among 
these ivere all the necessary appetites and pas- 
sions and tendencies of our spiritual, intellectual 
and physical natures. Adam sinned, and there 
came into his heart {just how we do not know) 
enmity against God, and a something which is\ 
not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can 
be. This made man- at once alien from God and 
unlike Him, spiritually. He still had faculties like 
God's, but He also had a new, strange, foreign 
element in him that made him out of harmony 
with God. 

Referring to the heart of man after the fall, 
God says it is "deceitful above all things and des- 
perately ivicked." "The carnal mind is enmity 
against God. for it is not subject to the law of 
God, neither indeed can be/' and that, "To be 
carnally minded is death." In other words, there 
is added to all the natural faculties and make-up 
of man a foreign element, a hostile tendency to 
resist the will of God, a proneness to evil, an in- 
clination to self-indulgence, an excessive desire to 
gratify appetites innocent and necessary to man. 

Now all intelligent Christians understand and 
admit this enmity against God, this insubordina- 
tion to His will, this proneness to evil, must be 
entirely destroyed. But the Christian world is 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 53 

divided as to how and when we get deliverance 
from this carnal nature. Some say ive get deliv- 
erance at conversion, but all human experience is 
against the theory. Others hold that we grotv to- 
wards sanctification; but the carnal mind can nev- 
er be taken away until at or near death. The 
Catholics teach that it can only be done in purga- 
tory. 

It is admitted that all children tvho die, are be- 
fore death purified from all carnality by the Holy 
Ghost through the Blood of Christ, and that true 
Christians who are living above actual sin and 
ivho are earnestly striving to do the will of God 
in so far as it has been taught them, will in like 
manner be purified and have created in them clean 
hearts before death. While this is certainly true> 
the Scriptures also clearly teach that it is the 
privilege and duty of the child of God to at once 
obtain this purity of heart, in order that he may 
be able to conform his life to the will of God, and 
have power for His service. Rom 6:6, "Knowing 
this, that our old man {the carnal mind) is cru- 
cified with him, that the body of sin (the carnal 
mind) might be destroyed, that henceforth we 
should not serve sin. ,y This and many other pas- 
sages teach that the carnal mind may be taken 
away in this life. 

"I think," says Brother Strouse in his tract, 
'Humanity and Carnality,' "that one great trouble 
is that many of our brethren do not distinguish 
between humanity and carnality. God declares 



54 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

that Christ came to destroy the works of the 
devil. He did not come to destroy the works of 
His Father, who made human nature. He did 
come to destroy the carnality which the devil in- 
jected into human nature, the propensity to inor- 
dinate self-indulgence, the tendency to evil, the 
'enmity against God.' 

"When God made man, He put within him such 
passions and desires as were necessary to develop 
and maintain the highest order of manhood. De- 
sires to eat and drink were necessary to life. Sex- 
ual desire was necessary to the continuance of the 
human race. A desire to be respected by others 
was necessary to induce us to be neat in person 
and agreeable in deportment. A love of honor 
was necessary to make us true and honorable in 
our actions. A desire to knoiv tvas necessary to 
education and knowledge. Love of music, the 
arts and decorations and our aesthetic tastes 
were necessary to our refinements and higher en- 
joyments. Love of children and family was nec- 
essary to cause us to labor for their support." 

Now all these desires, and others might be 
named, were given by a loving God for beneficial 
ends, and are essential to human nature as God 
designed it, without ivhich we could not be com,- 
plete human beings. But Satan comes along and 
injects carnality into us, and at once these inno- 
cent, natural desires become swollen, turgid, 
overwrought passions. The innocent desire for 
food and drink runs into disgusting gluttony and 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 55 

intemperance; the innocent sexual desire becomes 
fierce, ungoverned passion, lust and licentious- 
ness; the natural desire for family, possession, 
beauty, knowledge, honor, success, etc., runs into 
degrading idolatry that puts everything else be- 
fore God. 

Now, what does the baptism with the Holy 
Ghost, that brings sanctification, do for us? It 
simply takes out of us the abnormal and leaves the 
normal; it removes the carnal and leaves the nat- 
ural, whatever is essential to the complete human 
being. We have as much temper and capacity for 
anger as Jesus had, and no more; as much desire 
and relish for food and drink, as much love for 
family and friends, as much desire for the es- 
teem and approbation of others as our Lord had, 
and no more. 

These God-given human desires are not taken 
away when the carnal, abnormal nature is re- 
moved. They may still be the avenues of tempta- 
tion to us, as they were to Jesus, and must be 
cared for zealously; but the diseased propensity 
i<> evil, that said "Yes" to every temptation, is 
destroyed. 

For the lack of clearly understanding these 
things, many of the sanctified have stumbled, and 
others reject the doctrine of the eradication of the 
carnal nature, and never come to the real truth of 
full salvation." — Dr. A. M. Hills, in God's Revi- 
valist. 



CHAPTER VII. 
THE REGENERATED HEART. 




REGENERATED— Titus 3:2. 
JUSTIFIED— Rom. 5:1. 
There remains here: "Root of bitterness, " "old man," "the flesh," 
"law of sin," "indwelling sin," etc., etc. 



So after the great blessing of justification, the 
individual is a "new creature" in Christ Jesus. 
"Old things are passed away, and all things are 
become new.'" A supernatural work lias been 
done in the heart — the first work of grace. The 
fruits of sin ai e no longer manifested. 

C. F. W. 

He has victory over sin by suppressing the 
"old man" the "carnal mind," "indwelling sin" 
the "root of bitterness" etc., etc., ivhich remains 

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in the justified heart as a state of sin and not a 
pardonable act. This sin principle accounts for 
"ups and downs" and "proneness to vjander." It 
has filled the universe with sorrow and woe. This 
is the original black work of the devil that Jesus 
came down to destroy. If He cannot remove this, 
root and branch, then the devil is mightier than 
our Christ. But the Blood, the blood, it cleanses. 
Hallelujah! 

Every system of theology in the world recog- 
nizes this remains of sin, this tendency to evil, 
after the first work of grace. The depths of pride 
and self-will remain. Matt. 5, 6 and 7 are all un- 
saleable problems, as yet. 

This sin-indwelt heart wills to fully obey and 
love God, but the good he would do, he does not. 
Who shall deliver this wretched man from this 
"body of death?" "I thank God, through Jesus 
Christ, our Lord" complete deliverance is pro- 
vided. Halleluiah! (Rom. 7:24, 25; 8:12.) 

This "carnal mind is enmity against God" and 
must be crucified, killed destroyed, eradicated. It 
manifests itself in bad dispositions, high temper, 
the strut of vanity and pride, and other base pro- 
clivities. 

Every truly regenerated soul is hungering and 
thirsting after righteousness; for a pure, clean 
heart; to be perfected in love. The cry is for a 
heart that will grow the fruit of the spirit with- 
out obstruction. It longs to "be holy as He is 
holy." 



58 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

PROOF. 

Evidence of the Truly Regenerated Heart. 

How the individual may really know he has 
passed from death unto life. 

For wherein shall it be known here that I and 
thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not 
in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separa- 
ted, I and thy people, from all the people that are 
upon the face of the earth. Exod. 33:16. 

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way 
of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 
But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in 
his law doth he meditate day and night. And he 
shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, 
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his 
leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he 
doeth shall prosper. Psa. 1:1-3. 

But know that the Lord hath set apart him 
that is godly for himself : the Lord will hear when 
I call unto him. Psa. 4:3. 

Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who 
shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh up- 
rightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh 
the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not 
with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, 
nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor. In 
whose eyes a vile person is contemmed; but he 
honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that 
sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. He 
that putteth not out his money to usury, nor tak- 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 59 

eth reward against the innocent. He that doeth 
these things shall never be moved. Psa. 15 :l-5. 

He is ever merciful, and lendeth ; and his seed 
is blessed. The mouth of the righteous speaketh 
wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The 
law of his God is in his heart ; none of his steps 
shall slide. Psa. 37 :26-30. 

The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and 
shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart 
shall glory. Psa. 64:10. 

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the 
darkness : he is gracious, and full of compassion, 
and righteous. A good man sheweth favour, and 
lendeth : he will guide his affairs with discretion. 
Psa. 112:4, 5. 

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk 
in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep 
his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole 
heart. They also do no iniquity : they walk in his 
ways. Psa. 119:1-3. 

But the path of the just is as the shining light, 
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 
Prov. 4:18. 

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh up- 
rightly ; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, 
that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, 
that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and 
shutteth his eyes from seeing evil ; He shall dwell 
on high: his place of defence shall be the muni- 
tions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his wa- 
ters shall be sure. Isa. 33:15, 16. 



GO YOUR HEART AND MINE 

For he said, Surely they are my people, chil- 
dren that will not lie : so he was their Saviour. 
Isa. 63:8. 

Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be 
comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall 
inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hun- 
ger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall 
be filled. Blessed are the merciful for they shall 
obtain mercy. Matt. 5 :4-7. 

Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men 
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? Even 
so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but 
a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good 
tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a 
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree 
that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, 
and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits 
ye shall know them. Not every one that saith 
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
dom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will of my 
Father which is in heaven. Matt. 7:16-21. 

But he that received seed into the good ground 
is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it ; 
which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some 
an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. Matt. 
13:23. 

A good man out of the good treasure of his 
heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an 
evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart. Luke 
6:45. 

But Jesus called them unto him, and said, 



YOUR HEAttT AND MINE 61 

Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid 
them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. 
Luke 18:16. 

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Fath- 
er, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and 
came from God ; neither came I of myself, but he 
sent me. John 8 :42. 

By this shall all men know that ye are my dis- 
ciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13 :35. 

Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I com- 
mand you. John 15:1-4. 

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of 
God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with 
purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. 
For he was a good man, and full of the Holy 
Ghost and of faith: and much people was added 
unto the Lord. Acts 11 :23 :24. 

What shall we say then? Shall we continue 
in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. 
How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer 
therein ? Know ye not, that so many of us as were 
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his 
death? Therefore we are buried with him by bap- 
tism into death : that like as Christ was raised up 
from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so 
we also should walk in newness of life. For if 
we have been planted together in the likeness of 
his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his 
resurrection. Rom. 6:1-5. 

What then? shall we sin, because we are not 
under the law, but under Grace? God forbid. 



62 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves 
servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye 
obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience 
unto righteousness ? But God be thanked, that ye 
were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from 
the heart that form of doctrine w r hich was deliv- 
ered you. Being then made free from sin, ye be- 
came the servants of righteousness. Rom. 6:15-18. 

But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if 
so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if 
any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none 
of his. For as many as are led by the Spirit of 
God, they are the sons of God. Rom. 8:9, 14. 

Nay, in all these things we are more than con- 
querors through him that loved us. For I am per- 
suaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, 
nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, 
nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor 
any other creature, shall be able to separate us 
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. Rom. 8:37-39. 

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new 
creature : old things are passed away ; behold, all 
things are become new. 2 Cor. 5:17. 

Let no corrupt communication proceed out of 
youth mouth, but that which is good to the use of 
edifying, that it may minister grace unto the 
hearers. And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, 
whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. 
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and cla- 
mour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, 



YOUR HEAET AND MINE 63 

with all malice : And be ye kind one to another, 
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God 
for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, 
we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore 
Christ the minister of sin? Gal. 2 :17. 

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the 
sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a 
crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye 
shine as lights in the world. Phil. 2:15. 

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, 
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things 
are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever 
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good 
report ; if there be any virtue, and if there be any 
praise, think on these things. Phil. 4:8. 

Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth 
sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them 
that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the 
name of Christ depart from iniquity. 2 Tim. 2:19. 

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, 
knowing that they do gender strifes. And the 
servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gen- 
tle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, In meekness 
instructing those that oppose themselves ; if God 
peradventure will give them repentance to the ac- 
knowledging of the truth ; And that they may re- 
cover themselves out of the snare of the devil, 
who are taken captive by him at his will. 2 Tim. 
2 :23-26. 

Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast 



64 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 
That the communication of thy faith may become 
effectual by the acknowledging of every good 
thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. Philemon 
5:6. 

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us 
in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the 
same mind : for he that hath suffered in the flesh 
hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should 
live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of 
men, but to the will of God. 1 Peter 4:1, 2. 

And hereby w r e do. know that we know him, if 
we keep his commandments. He that saith, I 
know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is 
a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso 
keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God 
perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. 
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also 
so to walk, even as he walked. 1 John 2 :3-6. 

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it 
doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we 
know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like 
him; for we shall see him as he is. And every 
man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, 
even as he is pure. Whosoever committeth sin 
transgresseth also the law: for sin is the trans- 
gression of the law. And ye know that he was 
manifested to take away our sins ; and in him is 
no sin. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: 
whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither 
known him. Little children, let no man deceive 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 65 

you; he that doeth righteousness is righteous, 
even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin 
is of the devil ; for the devil sinneth from the be- 
ginning. For this purpose the Son of God was 
manifested, that he might destroy the works of 
the devil. Whosoever is born of God doth not 
commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and 
he cannot sin, because he is born of God. In this 
the children of God are manifest, and the chil- 
dren of the devil : whosoever doeth not righteous- 
ness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his 
brother. For this is the message that ye heard 
from the beginning, that we should love one an- 
other. We know that we have passed from death 
unto life, because we love the brethren. He that 
loveth not his brother abideth in death. My lit- 
tle children, let us not love in word, neither in 
tongue ; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we 
know that we are of the truth, and shall assure 
our hearts before him. 1 John 3 :2-ll, 14, 18, 19. 

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is 
of God ; and every one that loveth is born of God, 
and knoweth God. 1 John 4:7. 

Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in 
the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that 
abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the 
Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, 
and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into 
your house, neither bid him God speed. 2 John 
9, 10. 




THE WHOLE REMEDY 

for 
THE WHOLE WORLD 



CHAPTER VIII. 

THE SANCTIFIED HEART. 

Baptized with the Holy Ghost and Fire and 
made pure. Filled with the love of God. 

We wish now to enter upon a study of the fin- 
ished work of the Atonement. There must be a 
remedy for the terrible disease of carnality. If 
Christ came to destroy the works of the devil — 
then He must be able to destroy this crowning 
feat of our great enemy. C. F. W. 

The average believer has only heard of this 
state of grace as "the higher Christian life," "a 
deeper experience" etc., any way to shun what 
God calls it: "Entire sanctification," "Baptism 
with the Holy Ghost," "A Pure Heart," "Perfect 
Love," "Holiness of Life." 

The way of abundant life into that more abun- 
dant life is by entire consecration, prayer, faith, 
obedience. 

God's ivord enjoins complete consecration for 
purity and, service upon every believer — body, 
soul and spirit, hands, feet, eyes, ears, reputation, 
influence, possessions, time, talent, ambition — all 
on the altar of Christ Jesus. Having surrendered 
aneiv the will to God — to be, do, have and suffer 
what pleases Him — earnestly crying to Him to 
baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire, to sanc- 

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tify you wholly, to cleanse and purify your heart 
from all carnality, to perfect you in love, to seal 
you with Himself, to fit you for holy living, (all 
synonymous terms), it only remains for you to 
look up into your Father's face and claim and re- 
ceive the fulfillment of the promise. "As sure as 
God lives, the fire tvill fall and cleanse your heart 
and fill you with the purity, peace and power of 
the Holy Spirit/' eradicating all sin, as a definite 
second work of grace, received instantaneously by 
faith in the cleansing blood of Jesus. 

This most wonderful and glorious blessing 
does not make it impossible to sin; does not re- 
move temptation; bring absolute, angelic or res- 
urrection perfection; is not infallible; does not 
end growth in grace, but booms it by pulling up 
the iveeds. It does deliver from sin tendency born 
in us. "God . . . gave them the holy spirit . . . 
purifying theh hearts by faith." The Holy Spirit 
abides and manifests His fruit with perfect love 
and constant, overflowing joy. 

The soul really having experienced the new 
birth, is a new creature in Christ Jesus, (no refer- 
ence to unsaved church members or the backslid- 
den in heart) now has the best thing that God h is 
promised him in this life. The sin-principle, the 
old man, the carnal mind, indwelling sin, the 
thing that John is talking about in 1st John 1 :8, 7, 
where he says: If we say that we have no sin, 
(singular number, to be taken out of us, or to be 
cleansed from) we deceive ourselves and the truth 



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is not in us, but if we walk in the light as he is in 
the light, we have fellowship one with another 
and the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us 
from all sin. In the tenth verse he tells us : if we 
say that we have not sinned {plural number, per- 
sonal sins here, growing out of the sin born in us 
tchich cannot be forgiven but must be cleansed 
away by the blood, on entire consecration, prayer 
and faith. All glory to Jesus who came to de- 
stroy the work of the devil and multiplied thou- 
sands of people are witnessing to it today because 
they have experienced it and are living and have 
lived holy lives today. 

For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to- 
day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and 
upon his brother ; that he may bestow upon you a 
blessing this day. Ex. 32 :29. 

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto 
treasure hid in a field ; the which when a man 
hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth 
and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a mer- 
chant man, seeking goodly pearls : Who, when he 
had found one pearl of great price, went and sold 
all that he had, and bought it. Matt. 13:44-46. 

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his 
master, and the servant as his Lord. If they have 
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how 
much more shall they call them of his household? 
Matt. 16:25. 

Neither yield ye your members as instruments 



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of unrighteousness unto sin : but yield yourselves 
unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, 
and your members as instruments of righteous- 
ness unto God. Rom. 6:13. 

Know ye not that to whom ye yield yourselves 
servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye 
obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience 
unto righteousness. I speak after the manner of 
men because of the infirmity of your flesh : for as 
ye have yielded your members servants to un- 
cleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so 
now yield your members servants to righteous- 
ness unto holiness. Rom. 6 :13, 16, 19. 

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mer- 
cies of God, that ye present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your 
reasonable service. Rom. 12:1. 

For ye are bought with a price : therefore 
glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, 
which are God's. 1 Cor. 6 :20. 

And this they did, not as we hoped, but first 
gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by 
the will of God. 2 Cor. 8 :5. 

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I 
will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your 
sons and your daughters shall prophecy, your old 
men shall dream dreams, your young men shall 
see visions. Joel 2 :28. 

I indeed baptize you with v/ater unto repent- 
ance: but he that cometh after me is mightier 
than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he 



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shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with 
fire. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up 
straightway out of the water : and, lo, the heavens 
were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of 
God descending like a dove, and lighting upon 
him. Matt. 3:11, 16. 

And, behold, I send the promise of my Father 
upon you : but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 
until ye be endued with power from on high. 
Matt. 24:49. 

Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
Exept a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. John 
3:5. 

For John truly baptized with water; but ye 
shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many 
days hence. Acts 1 :5. 

And when the day of Pentecost was fully 
come, they were all with one accord in one place. 
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as 
of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the 
house where they were sitting. And there ap- 
peared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, 
and it sat upon each of them. And they were all 
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with 
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. 
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be bap- 
tized every cne of you in the name of Jesus Christ 
for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the 
gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2 :1, 3, 4, 38. 

Who, when they were come down, prayed for 



72 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 
(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them : only 
they were baptized in the name of the Lord Je- 
sus). Then laid they their hands on them, and 
they received the Holy Ghost. Acts 8:15-17. 

While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy 
Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And 
they of the circumcision which believed were as- 
tonished, as many as came with Peter, because 
that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift 
of the Holy Ghost. Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be baptized, which have re- 
ceived the Holy Ghost as well as we? Acts 10 :44, 
45, 47. 

And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell 
on them, as on us at the beginning. Then remem- 
bered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, 
John indeed baptized with water ; but ye shall be 
baptized with the Holy Ghost. For he was a good 
man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith : and 
much people was added unto the Lord- Acts 11 : 
15, 16, 24. 

Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled 
with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. And 
the disciples were filled with joy, and with the 
Holy Ghost. Acts 1.3 :9, 52. 

And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare 
them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even 
as he did unto us. And put no difference between 
us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Acts 
15:8,9. 



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He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy- 
Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, 
We have not so much as heard whether there be 
any Holy Ghost. And when Paul had laid his 
hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them. 
Acts 19 :2, 6. 

Not by w r orks of righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by 
the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Titus 3:5, 6. 

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is ex- 
cess; but be filled with the Spirit. Ephe. 5:18. 

Sanctify them through thy truth : thy word is 
truth. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, 
that they also might be sanctified through the 
truth. John 17:17. 

To open their eyes, and to turn them from 
darkness to light, and from the power of Satan 
unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of 
sins, and inheritance among them which are sanc- 
tified by faith that is in me. Acts 26:18. 

That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ 
to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, 
that the offering up of the Gentiles might be ac- 
ceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. Rom. 
15:16. 

Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, 
to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called 
to be saints, with all that in every place call upon 
the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs 



74 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

and ours: But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, 
who of God is made unto us wisdom, and right- 
eousness, and sanctification, and redemption. 1 
Cor. 1 :2, 30. 

But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet 
shew I unto you a more excellent way. 1 Cor. 
12:31. 

Though I speak with the tongues of men and 
of angels, and have not love, I am become as 
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though 
I have the gift of prophecy, arid understand all 
mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have 
all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and 
have not love, I am nothing. Love suffereth 
long, and is kind; love envieth not; love 
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Doth not 
behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is 
not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth 
not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Bear- 
eth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all 
things, endureth all things. Love never fail- 
eth : but whether there be prophecies, they shall 
fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; 
whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 
For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 
But when that which is perfect is come, then that 
which is in part shall be done away. When I was 
a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child : 
I thought as a child : but when I became a man I 
put away childish things. For now we see 
throuh a glass, darkly ; but then face to face : now 



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I know in part ; but then shall I know even as also 
I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, love, 
these three; but the greatest of these is love. 
1 Cor. 13:1-13. 

Now he which stablisheth us with you in 
Christ, and hath anointed us, is God ; Who hath 
also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit 
in our hearts. 2 Cor. 1 :21,22. 

But God forbid that I should glory, save in 
the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the 
world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. 
Gal. 6:14. 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spirit- 
ual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: Ac- 
cording as he hath chosen us in him before the 
foundation of the world, that we should be holy 
and without blame before him in love: Eph. 1 :3,4. 

May be able to comprehend with all saints 
what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and 
height; And to know the love of Christ, which 
passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all 
the fulness of God. Ephes. 3:18,19. 

But unto every one of us is given grace accord- 
ing to the measure of the gift of Christ. For the 
perfecting of the saints, for the work of the min- 
istry, for the edifying of the body of Christ : Till 
we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the 
knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, 
unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of 
Christ : That we henceforth be no more children, 



76 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

tossed to and fro, and carried about with every 
wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cun- 
ning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to de- 
ceive : But speaking the truth in love, may grow 
up into him in all things, which is the head, even 
Christ: From whom the whole body fitly joined 
together and compacted by that which every joint 
supplieth, according to the effectual working in 
the measure of every part, making increase of the 
body unto the edifying of itself in love. Eph. 4:7, 
12-16. 

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also 
loved the church, and" gave himself for it; That 
he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing 
of water by the word, That he might present it to 
himself a glorious church, not having spot, or 
wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that it should be 
holy and without blemish. Eph. 5 :25-27. 

In whom also ye are circumcised with the cir- 
cumcision made without hands, in putting off the 
body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision 
of Christ: Col. 2:11. 

For this is the will of God, even your sancti- 
fication, that ye should abstain from fornication : 
That every one of you should know how to possess 
his vessel in sanctification and honour: 1 Thess. 
4:3,4. 

And the very God of peace sanctify you whol- 
ly ; ani! I pray God your whole spirit and soul and 
body be preserved blameless unto the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thes. 5 :23. 



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But we are bound to give thanks alway to 
God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, be- 
cause God hath from the beginning chosen you to 
salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and 
belief of the truth : Whereunto he called you by 
our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. 2:13,14. 

If a man therefore purge himself from these, 
he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and 
meet for the master's use, and prepared unto 
every good work. 2 Tim. 2 :21. 

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are 
sanctified are all of one : for which cause he is not 
ashamed to call them brethren. Heb. 2:11. 

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who 
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without 
spot to God, purge your conscience from dead 
works to serve the living God? Heb. 9:14. 

By the which will we are sanctified through 
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for 
all. For by one offering he hath perfected for 
ever them that are sanctified. Heb. 10 : 10,14. 

For they verily for a few days chastened us 
after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, 
that we might be partakers of his holiness. Heb. 
12:10. 

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify 
the people with his own blood, suffered without 
the gate. Let us go . forth therefore unto him 
without the camp, bearing his reproach. Heb. 13 : 
12,13. 



78 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God 
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, 
unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Je- 
sus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multi- 
plied. I Peter 1 :2. 

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you 
through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our 
Lord. According as his divine power hath given 
unto us all things that pertain unto life and godli- 
ness, through the knowledge of him that hath 
called us to glory and virture : Whereby are giv- 
en unto us exceeding great and precious promises : 
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine 
nature, having escaped the corruption that is in 
the world through lust. 2 Peter 1 :2-4. 

Jude the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother 
of James, to them that are sanctified by God the 
Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and call- 
ed: Now unto him that is able to keep you from 
falling, and to present you faultless before the 
presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Jude 
1:24. 

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And 
he said to me, These are they which came out of 
great tribulation, and have washed their robes, 
and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 
Rev. 7:14. 

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing 
the heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, 
enlightening the eyes. Psa. 12:6. 



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Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord ? or 
who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath 
clean hands, and a pure heart ; who hath not lifted 
up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 
He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation. 
Psalm 24:3. 

Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: 
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Psa. 
51:7. 

The words of the pure are pleasant words. 
Prov. 15 :26. 

The way of man is fro ward and strange: but 
as for the pure, his work is right. Prov. 21 :8. 

Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be 
as white as snow ; though they be red like crimson, 
they shall be as wool And I will turn my hand 
upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and 
take away all tin : Isa. 1 :18. 

And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, 
this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is 
taken away, and thy sin purged. Isa. 6:7. 

Many shall be purified, and made white, and 
tried ; but the wicked shall do wickedly : and none 
of the wicked shall understand ; but the wise shall 
understand. Dan. 12:10. 

But who may abide the day of his coming? 
and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he 
is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' sope : And 
he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver ; and 
he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them 



SO YOUR HEART AND MINE 

as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the 
Lord an offering in righteousness. Mai. 3:2. 

Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall 
see God. Matt. 5:8. 

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he 
taketh away: and every branch that beareth 
fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more 
fruit. John 15 :2. 

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, 
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever 
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, 
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things 
are of good report ; if there be any virtue, and if 
there be any praise, think on these things. 
Phil. 4:8. 

Now the end of the commandment is love out 
of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of 
faith unfeigned: 1 Tim. 1:5. 

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure 
conscience. 1 Tim. 3:9. 

Keep thyself pure. 1 Tim. 5:22. 

If a man therefore purge himself from these, 
he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and 
meet for the master's use, and prepared unto 
every good work. Flee also youthful lusts: but 
follow righteousness,, faith, charity, peace, with 
them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 
2 Tim. 2:21. 

Unto the pure all things are pure. Tit. 1:15. 

For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the 
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sancti- 



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fieth to the purifying of the flesh: How much 
more shall the blood of Christ, who through the 
eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, 
purge your conscience from dead works to serve 
the living God? Heb. 9:13. 

Worshippers once purged should have had no 
more conscience of sins. Heb. 10 :2. 

Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify 
your hearts, ye doubleminded. J as. 4:8. 

Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying 
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love 
of the brethren, see that ye love one another with 
a pure heart fervently. 1 Pet. 1 :22. 

And every man that hath this hope in him pur- 
ilieth himself, even as he is pure. 1 John 3 :3. 



CHAPTER IX. 

HOLINESS — ENTIRE SANCTIFICATION — CHRISTIAN 
PERFECTION 

(Best Evidence on earth that you and I should be 
Holy.) 

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord 
am holy, and have severed you from other people, 
that ye should be mine. Lev. 20 :26. 

There shall cleave nought of the cursed thing 
to thine hand: Deut. 13:17. 

Thou art an holy, people unto the Lord thy 
God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a pecu- 
liar people unto himself. Deut. 14:2. 

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. 
Deut. 18:13. 

The Lord shall establish thee an holy people 
unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou 
shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy 
God, and walk in his ways. Deut. 28 :9 

And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and 
shalt obey his voice according to all that I com- 
mand thee this day, thou and thy children, with 
all thine heart, and with all thy soul; If thou 
shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, 
to keep his commandments and his statutes which 
are written in this book of the law, and if thou 
turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, 
and with all thy soul. Deut. 30 :2. 

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YOUR HEART AND MINE 83 

Neither will I be with you any more, except ye 
destroy the accursed from among you. Up, sanc- 
tify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves 
against tomorrow : for thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of 
thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine 
enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing 
from among you. Josh. 7:12. 

Thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not 
sin. Job. 5:24. 

To depart from evil is understanding. Job. 28 : 
28. 

Take heed, regard not iniquity : Job. 36 :21 

Stand in awe, and sin not: Psalm 4:4. 

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or 
who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath 
clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted 
up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He 
shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and 
righteousness from the God of his salvation. Psa. 
24:3. 

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord im- 
puteth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is 
no guile. Psa. 32 :2. 

Depart from evil, and do good ; and dwell for 
evermore. Psa. 37:27. 

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall 
ye be as wings of a dove covered with silver, and 
her feathers with yellow gold. Psa. 6& :13. 

Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as 
are of a clean heart. Psa. 73 :1. 



84 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall 
set us in the way of his steps. Psa. 85 :13. 

Judgment shall return unto righteousness: 
and all the upright in heart shall follow it. Psa. 
94:15. 

Ye that love the Lord, hate evil : he preserveth 
the souls of his saints. Psa.. 97 :10. 

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk 
in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that keep 
his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole 
heart. They also do no iniquity: they walk in 
his ways. Psa. 119:1. 

The desire of the. righteous is only good: but 
the expectation of the wicked is wrath. Prov. 
11:23. 

The thoughts of the righteous are right, but 
the counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. 12 :5. 

The highway of the upright is to depart from 
evil : he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. 
Prov. 16:17. 

As for the pure, his work is right. It is joy to 
the just to do judgment. As for the upright, he 
directeth his way. Prov. 21 : 8. 

A good name is rather to be chosen than great 
riches, and loving favour rather than silver and 
gold. Prov. 22:1. 

He that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be call- 
ed holy, even every one that is written among the 
living in Jerusalem. Isa. 4:3. 

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation 
which keepeth the truth may enter. Yea, in the 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 85 

way of thy judgments, Lord, have we waited 
for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, 
and to the remembrance of thee. With my soul 
have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my 
spirit within me will I seek thee early : for when 
thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of 
the world will learn righteousness. Isa. 26:2. 

The work of righteousness shall be peace ; and 
the effect of righteousness quietness and assur- 
ance for ever. Isa. 32:17. 

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and 
it shall be called the way of holiness ; the unclean 
shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; 
the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err 
therein. Isa. 35:8. 

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, 
the people in whose heart is my law. Isa. 51 :7. 

Awake, awake ; put on thy strength, Zion ; put 
on thy beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy 
city : for henceforth there shall be no more come 
into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. De- 
part ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean 
thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, 
that bear the vessels of the Lord. Isa. 52:1. 

They shall rest in their beds, each one walking 
in his uprightness. Isa. 57:2. 

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst 
after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Mat. 
5:6. 

Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; 
or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit cor- 



86 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

rupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. Mat. 
12:33. 

That he would grant unto us, that we, being 
delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might 
serve him without fear, In holiness and righteous- 
ness before him, all the days of our life. Luke 
1:74,75. 

Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and 
said unto him, Behold, thou art made Whole; sin 
no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. 
John 5:14. 

If ye were of the world, the world would love 
his own ; but because ye are not of the world, but 
I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the 
world hateth you. John 15:19. 

I in them, and thou in me, that they may be 
made perfect in one; and that the world may 
know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved 
them, as thou hast loved me. John 17 :23. 

And herein do I exercise myself, to have al- 
ways a conscience void of offence toward God, and 
toward men. Acts 24:16. 

For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; 
neither is that circumcision, which is outward in 
the flesh : But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly ; 
and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, 
and not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, 
but of God. Rom. 2 :28, 29. 

What shall we say then ? Shall we continue in 
sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How 



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shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer 
therein ? Know ye not, that so many of us as were 
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his 
death ? Therefore we are buried with him by 
baptism into death : that like as Christ was raised 
up from the dead by the glory of the Father, 
even so we also should walk in newness of life. 
For if we have been planted together in the like- 
ness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness 
of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old 
man is crucified with him, that the body of sin 
might be destroyed, that henceforth we should 
not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from 
sin. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be 
dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom. 6:1-7, 11. 

The kingdom of God is not meat and drink; 
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy 
Ghost. Rom. 14:17. . 

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, 
and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If 
any man defile the temple of God, him shall God 
destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which 
temple ye are. 1 Cor. 3:16, 17. 

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye 
may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. 1 Cor. 
5:7. 

What ? know ye not that your body is the tem- 
ple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye 
have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are 
bought with a price: therefore glorify God in 



88 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 
1 Cor. 6:19, 20. 

Ye are bought with a price ; be not ye the ser- 
vants of men. 1 Cor. 7 :23.. 

Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to 
the Gentiles, nor to the church of God. 1 Cor. 
10:31, 32. 

Having therefore these promises, dearly be- 
loved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness 
of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the 
fear of God. 2 Cor. 7:1. 

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not 
war after the flesh : For the weapons of our war- 
fare are not carnal, but mighty through God to 
the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down 
imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth 
itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing 
into captivity every thought to the obedience of 
Christ; 2 Cor. 10:3-5. 

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy : 
for I have espoused you to one husband, that I 
may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 2 
Cor. 11:2. 

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness faith, meekness, 
temperance: against such there is no law. And 
they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with 
the affection and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, 
let us also walk in the Spiriit. Gal. 5 :22. 

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any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new crea- 
ture. Gal. 6:15. 

He hath chosen us in him before the foundation 
of the world, that we should be holy and without 
blame before him in love : in whom also after that 
ye believed ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of 
promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance 
until the redemption of the purchased possession, 
unto the praise of his glory. Eph 1 :4. 

In whom all the building fitly framed together 
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: in 
whom ye also are builded together for an habi- 
tation of God through the Spirit. Eph. 2 :21. 

Ye have not so learned Christ ; if so be that ye 
have heard him, and have been taught by him, as 
the truth is in Jesus : That ye put off concerning 
the former conversation the old man, which is 
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be 
renewed in the spirit of your mind ; And that ye 
put on the new man which after God is created in 
righteousness and true holiness. Eph. 4:20. 

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear 
children; But fornification, and all uncleanness, 
or covetness, let it not be once named among you, 
as becometh saints ; Ye were sometimes darkness, 
but now are ye light in the Lord : walk as children 
of light : For the fruit of the Spirit is in all good- 
ness and righteousness and truth; Proving what 
is acceptable unto the Lord. Have no fellowship 
with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather 
reprove them. Eph. 5:1. 



90 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

That ye may approve things that are excel- 
lent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence 
till the day of Christ ; Being filled with the fruits 
of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto 
the glory and praise of God. Phil. 1 :10. 

Be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, 
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and 
perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights 
in the world. Phil.2:15. 

Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, 
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things 
are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever 
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good 
report ; if there be any virtue, and if there be any 
praise, think on these things. Phil. 4 :8. 

To present you holy and unblameable and un- 
reproveable in his sight. Col. 1 :22. 

Mortify therefore your members which are 
upon the earth; foraification, uncleanness, inord- 
inate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetous- 
ness, which is idolatry : For which things' sake the 
wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedi- 
ence: In the which ye also walked some time, 
when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off 
all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy 
communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to 
another, seeing that ye have put off the old man 
with his needs; And have put on the new 
man, which is renewed in knowledge after the 
image of him that created him : Put on therefore, 
as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of 



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mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, 
longsuff ering ; Forbearing one another, and for- 
giving one another, if any man have a quarrel 
against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also 
do ye. And above all these things put on love, 
which is the bond of perfectness. And let the 
peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which 
also ye are called in one body ; and be ye thankful. 
Col. 3:5-15. . 

To the end he may stablish your hearts un- 
blameable in holiness before God, even our Father 
at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all 
his saints. 1 Thess.. 3:13. 

For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, 
but unto holiness. 1 Thess. 4:7. 

Godliness is profitable unto all things, having 
promise of the light that now is, and of that 
which is to come. Re thou an example of the be- 
lievers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in 
spirit, in faith, in purity. 1 Tim. 4 :8,12. 

Godliness with contentment is great gain. 
man of God, . . . follow after righteousness, godli- 
ness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the 
good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where- 
unto thou art also called, and hast professed a 
good profession before many witnesses. 1 Tim. 
6:11, 12. 

Let every one that nameth the name of Christ 
depart from iniquity. If a man therefore purge 
himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto hon- 
our, sanctified, and meet for the master's use and 



92 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

prepared unto every good work. Flee also youth- 
ful lusts : but follow righteousness, faith, charity, 
peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a 
pure heart 2 Tim. 2:19,21,22. 

Exhort servants that they may 

adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all 
things. Teaching us that, denying ungodliness 
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, right- 
eously, and godly, in this present word. Tit. 2:9. 

For we which have believed do enter into rest, 
as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they 
shall enter into my rest : although the works were 
finished from the foundation of the world. There 
remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 
Heb. 4:3. 

Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which 
doth so easily beset us, and let us run with pati- 
ence the race that is set before us, Follow peace 
with all men, and holiness, without which no man 
shall see the Lord. Heb. 12:1. 

It is a good thing that the heart be established 
with grace. Heb. 13 :9. 

The wisdom that is from above is first pure, 
then peaceable gentle, and easy to be intreated, 
full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, 
and without hypocrisy. Jas. 3:17. 

Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the 
world is the enemy of God. Jas. 4 :4. 

As obedient children, not fashioning your- 
selves according to the former lusts in your ignor- 
ance : But as he which hath called you is holy, so 



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be ye holy in all manner of conversation ; Because 
it is written, Be ye holy ; for I am holy. 1 Pet. 1 :14. 

Laying aside all malice, and all guile, and 
hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, Ye 
also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual 
house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual 
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. Ye 
are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an 
holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should 
shew forth the praises of him who hath called you 
out of darkness into his marvelous light. Who his 
ownself bare our sins in his own body on the tree, 
that we, being dead to sins, should live unto 
righteousness: 1 Pet. 2:1,5„9,24. 

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us 
in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the 
same mind : for he that hath suffered in the flesh 
hath ceased from sin; That he no longer should 
live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of 
men, but to the will of God. For for this cause 
was the gospel preached also to them that are 
dead, that they might be judged according to God 
in the spirit. The end of all things is at hand : be 
ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. 1 
Pet. 4:1. 

Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; 
and to virtue knowledge ; And to knowledge tem- 
perance; and to temperance patience; and to 
patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly 
kindness ; and to brotherly kindness love. For if 
these things be in you, and abound, they make you 



94 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in 
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Pet. 
1:5. 

Seeing then that all these things shall be dis- 
solved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in 
all holy conversation and godliness, Looking for 
and hasting unto the coming of the day of God. 
Seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent 
that ye may be found of him in peace without 
spot, and blameless. 2 Pet. 3:11. 

If we say that we have fellowship with him, 
and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth : 
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 
we have fellowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth from all 
sin. 1 John 1:6. 

My little children these things write I unto 
you, that ye sin not. But whoso keepeth his word, 
in him verily is the love of God perfected : hereby 
know we that we are in him. 1 John 2:1. 

CHRISTIAN PERFECTION. 

And when Abram was ninety years old and 
nine ,the Lord appeared to Abraham, and said 
unto him, I am the Almighty God: walk before 
me, and be thou perfect. Gen. 17:1. 

Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord 
your God hath commanded you : ye shall not turn 
aside to the right hand or to the left. Deut. 5 :32. 

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy 
God Deut. 18:13. 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 95 

Let your heart therefore be perfect with the 
Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep 
his commandments, as at this day. 1 Kings 8:61. 

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the 
God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect 
heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord 
searcheth al hearts, and understandeth all the im- 
aginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he 
will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he 
will cast thee off for ever. . 1 Chr. 28 :9. 

And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, 
to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and 
thy statutes, and to do all these. 1 Chr. 29 :19. 

It is God that girdeth me with strength, and 
maketh my way perfect. Psa. 18:32. 

The law of his God is in his heart ; none of his 
steps shall slide. Mark the perfect man, and be- 
hold the upright : for the end of that man is peace. 
Psa. 37:31. 

I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. 

when wilt thou come unto me ? I will walk with- 
in my house with a perfect heart. Psa. 101 :2. 

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he 
that doeth righteousness at all times. Psa. 106:3. 

Blessed are the undented in the way, who walk 
in the law of the Lord. Blessed are they that 
keep his testimonies and that seek him with the 
whole heart. They also do no iniquity : they walk 
in his ways. Then shall I not be ashamed when 

1 have respect unto all thy commandments. I 



96 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

have seen an end of all perfection : but thy com- 
mandment is exceeding broad. Psa. 119:1, 

For the upright shall dwell in the land, and 
the perfect shall remain in it. Prov. 2 :21. 

Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect, Matt. 5:6. 

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, 
go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, 
and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come 
and follow me. Matt. 19 :21. 

The disciple is not above his master : but every 
one that is perfect shall be as his master. Luke 
6:40. 

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that 
are perfect. 1 Cor. 2:6. 

Having therefore these promises, dearly be- 
loved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness 
of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the 
fear of God. 2 Cor. 7:1. 

For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye 
are strong : and this also we wish, even your per- 
fection. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one 
mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace 
shall be with you. 2 Cor. 13 :9. 

And he gave some, apostles; and some, pro- 
phets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors 
and teachers ; For the perfecting of the saints. 
Till we ail come in the unity of the faith, and of 
the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect 
man, unto the measure of the stature of the ful- 
ness of Christ. Eph. 4:11. 



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That ye may approve things that are excel- 
lent; that ye may be sincere and without offence 
till the day of Christ. Phil. 1 :10. 

That ye may be blameless and harmless, the 
sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a 
crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye 
shine as lights in the world. Phil. 2:15. 

Not as though I had already attained, either 
were already perfect : but I follow after, if that I 
may apprehend that for which also I am appre- 
hended of Christ Jesus. Brethren, I count not 
myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I 
do, forgetting those things which are behind, and 
reaching forth unto those things which are be- 
fore. I press toward the mark for the prize of 
the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Let us 
therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: 
and if in anything ye be otherwise minded, God 
shall reveal even this unto you. Phil. 3:12. 

And you, that were sometime alienated and 
enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now 
hath he reconciled. In the body of his flesh 
through death, to present you holy and unblamea- 
ble and unreprovable in his sight. Whom we 
preach, warning every man, and teaching every 
man in all wisdom; that we may present every 
man perfect in Christ Jesus. Col. 1:21. 

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the God- 
head bodily. And ye are complete in him, which 
is the head of all principality and power; In 
whom also ye are circumcised with the circumci- 



98 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

sion made without hands, in putting off the body 
of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of 
Christ. Col. 2:9. 

And above all these things put on charity, 
which is the bond of perfectness. Col. 3:14. 

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of 
Christ, saluteth you, always laboring fervently 
for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and 
complete in all the will of God. Col. 4:12. 

Night and day praying exceedingly that we 
might see your face, and might perfect that which 
is lacking in your faith? To the end he may stab- 
lish your hearts unblameable in holiness before 
God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord 
Jesus Christ with all his saints. 1 Thess. 3:10. 

That the man of God may be perfect, through- 
ly furnished unto all good works. 2 Tim. 3:17. 

Therefore leaving the principles of the doc- 
trine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection. 2 
Tim. 3:17. 

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever 
them that are sanctified. Heb. 10:14. 

Now the God of peace, that brought again 
from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shep- 
herd of the sheep, through the blood of the ever- 
lasting covenant. Make you perfect in every good 
work to do his will, working in you that which is 
well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; 
to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
Heb. 13:20. 

But let patience have her perfect work, that 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 99 

ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, 
and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful 
hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be 
blessed in his deed. Jas. 1 :4, 25. 

If any man offend not in word, the same is a 
perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole 
body. Jas. 3:2. 

But the God of all grace, who hath called us 
unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that 
ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stab- 
lish, strengthen, settle you. 1 Pet. 5:10. 

But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is 
the love of God perfected: hereby know we that 
we are in him. 1 John 2:5. 

Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: who- 
soever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known 
him. Little children, let no man deceive you : he 
that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he 
is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the 
devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. 
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, 
that he might destroy the works of the devil. 
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; 
for his seed remaineth in him : and he cannot sin, 
because he is born of God. In this the children 
of God are manifest, and the children of the 
devil : whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of 
God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 1 
John 3:6. 

No man hath seen God at any time, If we 



100 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love 
is perfected in us. 1 John 4:12. 

We know that whosoever is born of God sin- 
neth not ; but he that is begotten of God keepeth 
himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 
1 John 5:18. 



ADDENDA 



ADDENDA 



We append here a few articles by great men 
on this Full Salvation that saves from the utter- 
most to the uttermost. God bless you. 

SANCTIFICATION. 

"For this is the will of God, even your sancti- 
fioation." (1 Thess. 4:3). 

"And the very God of peace himself, sanctify 
you wholly." (1 Thess. 5:23). 

"For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, 
but unto sanctification." (1 Thess. 4:7). 

"Being sanctified by the Holy Spirit." (Rom. 
15:16). 

"Giving them the Holy Spirit." — "Cleansing 
their hearts by faith." (Acts. 15 :8-9) . 

Multitudes of Christians do not understand 
that there are two works of grace; that God has 
provided for both in His Atonement; and that He 
no more truly calls us to regeneration than He 
calls us to sanctification. But nothing is more 
plainly taught in Scripture. 

I. Notice that there are two works of grace. 

Jesus' disciples had forsaken all to follow Him. 
Their names were written in heaven. They had 
preached three years, worked miracles, cast out 
demons. Jesus said the world hated them be- 
cause they ivere not of the world, even as He was 
not of the world. Yet, mark it well, He prayed 

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104 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

"sanctify them." (John 17:17). They were al- 
ready converted: He prayed therefore that they 
might have the second work of grace. 

Notice the teaching of First Thessalonians. It 
was a young church, just converted from heathen- 
ism. The whole of the first chapter is spent in 
telling what good Christians they were. They 
were church members: had "faith, hope and love 
in our Lord Jesus Christ;" they were "elected," 
and had "much assurance" of salvation. They 
were "imitators of the Lord, and "turned from 
idols to serve the living God" examples to all that 
believe. They sounded forth the word of the Lord, 
"and turned from idols to serve the living God." 
Few churches of the present time Can measure up 
to that church. In that third chapter we find 
Timothy reporting to Paul that they had not 
backslidden (vs. 5-8), and yet the Apostle is pray^ 
ing night and day that their hearts may be estab- 
lished unblameable in holiness." (3:10 and 13). 
"For this is the will of God even your sanctifica- 
tion." (4:3). It is always so in the New Testa- 
ment. Sinners are never called to be sanctified, 
but to be converted. Believers only are command- 
ed to be sanctified. This proves that it is a sec- 
ond work of grace, subsequent to regeneration. 

II. What is Sanctification? 
The English dictionaries will give us a better 
notion of it than most preachers have. See what 
they say. 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 105 

1. Webster: "Sanctify:" "To make free from 
sin, to cleanse from moral corruption and pollu- 
tion; to purify' (John 17:17). 'Sanctification:" 
"The act of God's grace by which the affections of 
men are purified or alienated from sin and the 
world, and exalted to supreme love to God." 

2. Century Dictionary : "In theology, the act 
of God's grace, by vjhich the affections of men are 
purified and the soul is cleansed from sin, and 
consecrated to God." 

3. Standard Dictionary : "The gracious work 
of the Holy Spirit whereby the believer is freed 
from sin, and exalted to holiness of heart and 
life." Now notice : 

(1) Two of these dictionaries say that sanc- 
tification is produced by an "act of God." Then 
it is instantaneous. 

(2) All of them say that sanctification "pur- 
ifies" or "frees from sin." 

(3) One of them says: "It is the gracious 
ivork of the Holy Spirit whereby the believer (not 
the sinner) is cleansed from sin." Then it is a 
second work, subsequent to regeneration, as all 
Scriptures teach. 

(4) All of them teach that it is done by God. 
So it is not of man's "growth" or 'striving;" it is 
not produced by "education" or "culture" or 
"self -discipline," or "death" or "purgatory" 

We may define sanctification then, as the 
cleansing of the believer's heart from inbred sin, 
or depravity, 'wrought in vs instantaneously by 



106 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

the baptism with the Holy Spirit and fire (Matt. 
3:11 and Acts 15:8, 9), and filling it with perfect 
love. 

III. Notice Who Sanctifies. 

'Noiv the very God of peace himself sanctify 
you wholly." You cannot cleanse your own heart 
yourself. No church committee, or priest, or 
preacher, or board of elders, or bishop, or pope 
can do it. It is done by "God Himself." 

The verb "sanctify" in the Greek is the aorist 
tense. That means that God does it in an instant 
of time. All the Greek grammars and the learned 
m.odern commentators tell us so. Bishop Ellicott : 
"The aorist tense denotes singleness of action, in- 
stantaneous perfecting in love." Dr. Daniel 
Steele says, "It means instantaneous sanctifica- 
tion." So say Bishop Westcott, and Lightfoot, 
and Dean Alford, and Dr. Agar Beet, and Augus- 
tus Meyer. 

But all this rules out forever the favorite 
"growth theory of sanctification." Nobody ever 
grew into it or ever will. It is not taught in the 
Greek Testament. It is not in human experience. 
It is not God's way. 

IV. Hotu Completely Does God Sanctify ? 
"The very God of peace himself, sanctify you 
wholly." The German Bible translates it "through 
and through." "And I pray God your whole 
spirit, soul and body be preserved." (1 Thess. 
5:23), This means that we are to be cleansed 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 107 

and sanctified, not at death, nor after death, but 
now, in this life, while still in the body. "The 
oath which He swears unto Abraham our father 
to grant us that ive being delivered out of the 
hand of our enemies, should serve Him without 
fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him all 
our days. This means that our bodies are to be 
sanctified, cleansed from all unholy appetites and 
abnormal passions, like the passion for whisky, 
tobacco, morphine, cocaine, opium and the like; 
and that all the innocent natural appetites will be 
purged of the excessive and abnormal and made 
obedient to reason. The body will then be the 
temple of the Holy Ghost. The "soul" — all that 
we have in common with the lower animals, but in 
a higher degree — can be sanctified, — our thought 
power, and desires and emotions, and the "spirit" 
can be sanctified. The lower animals do not have 
this faculty. It is that by which we know God, 
and our obligation to love and adore Him. This 
puts us in touch with angels and the spirit realm. 
These three — Spirit, soul and body — are all there 
is of us. All may be sanctified and be "preserved 
blameless!' 

V. Notice the Promise. 
"Faithful is he that oalleth you who also will 
do it." (1 Thess. 5:24). Do what? Sanctify you 
wholly — What St. Paul prayed about in the pre- 
vious verse. Here then is the promise that Jesus 
ivill sanctify. We know He will do it, if we are 
urilling, because: 



108 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

1. Jesus prayed for it. (John 17 :17) . 

2. He died for it. "Christ loved the church 
and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify it, 
having cleansed it." 

3. It is His will. "This is the will of God, 
even your sanctification." 

4. He calls us to it. (1 Thess. 4:7). 

5. He chose us unto salvation through sanc- 
tification. (2 Thess. 2:13). 

6. He baptizes ivith the Holy Ghost for it. 
(Matt. 3:11). 

7. He is able to save to the uttermost. (Heb. 
7:25). "His blood ckanseth from all sin." (1 
John 1:7). 

VI. How do tve Obtain This Blessing? 

1. We feel our need. "Blessed are the poor 
inspirit" (Matt. 5:3). 

2. We hunger and thirst. "Blessed are they 
that hunger and thirst" (Matt. 5:6). 

3. We pray for it. "The Holy Spirit to them 
that ask." (Luke 11:13). 

4. We obey in absolute surrender. "The Holy 
Spirit to them that obey." (Acts 5 :32) . 

5. We consecrate all. "Present yourselves 
unto God." (Rom. 6:13). 

6. Last of all believe. "Sanctified by faith." 
(Acts 26:18; Acts 15:8-9). Believe that Jesus ac- 
cepts our consecration and sanctifies us. God 
warns us not to reject sanctification. (1 Thess. 
4:8). He tvill sanctify us instantly if we will 
wholly consecrate and then believe that God does 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 109 

it. — Dr. A . M. Hills, Yale graduate and President 
of several colleges for quarter of century. 

JUSTIFIED, THEN SANCTIFIED. 

The Wrm "justification" is here used compre- 
hensively to include the new birth of regeneration, 
as well as pardon. 

Justification has to do with the actions of life : 
"He shall save his people from their sins." (Matt. 
1 :21) . Sanctificatiofi deals with the cause of those 
actions : "Thy God will circumcise thy heart, . . . 
to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and 
with all thy soul." (Deut. 30 :6) . 

To get justified ice must turn from our evil 
way : "If the wicked turn from his wickedness. . . 
he shall surely live thereby." (Ezek. 33:19). To 
be sanctified we have the evil way turned from us. 
"Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: 
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow" 
(Psa. 51:7). 

Justification deals with the evil things that 
come out of the heart (Mark 7:21-23) ; so/notifi- 
cation with the evil heart from which evil things 
come. (Heb. 3:12). 

Pardon frees one from guilt for having done 
the works of the flesh; sanctification crucifies the 
flesh that inclined him to do those wicked works. 
See Gal. 5:19-24, 

Justification destroys the evil crop; sanctifi- 
cation renovates the soil that produced it. 

Justification rids one of the bitter water that 



110 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

flowed from a corrupt fountain; sanctification 
purifies the fountain itself. (Rom. Q:6). 

Justification cuts away the poisonous leaves 
and branches; sanctification takes out by the roots 
the upas tree itself. (Heb. 12:15). 

Justification has to do with a diseased system 
specially in its outward manifestations ; sanctifi- 
cation with the hidden disease. 

Justification resists the inward evil principle; 
sanctification kills that principle. 

Justification gives sight; sanctification clear- 
ness of vision. (Mark 8 :25) . 

In justification we get peace with God (Rom. 
5:1) ; in sanctification, the peace of God. 

Justication puts the love of God in the heart 
(1 John 4:8) ; sanctification crucifies everything 
opposed to that love. (Gal. 2:20). 

Justification makes us heirs to an inheritance 
(Gal. 4:7) ; sanctification puts us in possession of 
it. (Acts 26:18; Eph. 1:11). 

Justification is deliverance from bondage in 
Egypt; sanctification is entering Canaan and en- 
joying the goodly land. (Heb. 4:1-11). 

Justification is for penitents under condemna- 
tion, but sick of sinning : "Repent . . . and be con- 
verted, that your sins may be blotted out." Sanc- 
ticfiation is for those who already love God: 
"They are not of the world, even as I am not of 
the world. Sanctify them." (John 17:17). 

Justification puts new life into the heart: 
"You hath He quickened, who were dead in tres- 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 11J 

passes and sins" (Eph. 2:1) ; sanctification puri- 
ifi.es the heart, making it a fit temple for that life. 
"Purifying their hearts" (Acts 15:9). 

Justification is Isaac born into the family; 
sanctification is Ishmael cast out of it. 

Justification is birth into God's family; sancti- 
fication is baptism into His church. "By one 
Spirit we are all baptized into one body." 

Sanctification is spiritual circumcision (Col. 
2:11), and like the literal it must always take 
place subsequent to birth. It should be received 
shortly after the new birth. (Gen. 17:14). 

Men get justified because they fear God (Gal. 
3 :24) ; they get sanctified because they love Him 
(John 14:23). 

To get justified a sinner surrenders, throws 
down his arms of rebellion and promises to quit 
that business forever (Isa. 55:7) ; to get sancti- 
fied a believer swears eternal allegiance to God, 
promising never to cease the conflict, but to fight 
for Him until death. (Rom. 6:13). 

God justifies us in order to sanctify us (Col. 1 : 
21, 22; Dent, 6:23) ; then He sanctifies us to keep 
us justified' (1 Thess. 5:23). 

Justification blots out the sins of our past life 
(Rom. 3:25); sanctification has to do with the 
state of the heo„rt now. (1 John 1:7). 

While we are justified we must control the 
body of sin in lis; but when sanctified it is de- 
stroyed out of us. (Rom. 6 :6, 11) . 



112 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

Justification cleanses a sinner's hands; sancti- 
fication purifies a disciple's heart. (Jas. 4:8). 

Justification frees us from sins committed 
(Acts 13 :38, 39) ; and. sanctification from deprav- 
ity inherited. (Psa. 51 :5) . // we had never sinned 
we would not need to be justified — we would have 
nothing to repent of; but we ivoidd still need to be 
sanctified, for we were born with the root of all 
manner of wickedness in us, in the form and na- 
ture of wnat Paul terms the carnal mind (Rom. 
8 :7) , or the flesh. (Gal. 5 :19) . 

But why can't I get justified and sanctified 
both at once? Because it is not God's order. The 
ivorld — i. e., sinners — cannot receive the Spirit as 
their sanctifier. (John 14:17). "Remission of 
sins" must be received before "the gift of the Holy 
Ghost." (Acts 2:28). "Your iniquities have sep- 
arated between you and your God, and your sins 
have hid His face from you that He will not hear." 
The only thing acceptable to God that a sinner 
can do, is to repent; consequently he must do that 
first, and repentance is the preparation for jus- 
tification. (Acts 3:19). The preparation for 
sanctification is, "Yield yourselves to God, as 
those that are alive from the dead,," and a man 
cannot do that until he is made alive by the new 
birth. 

You cannot believe for it until you have in 
God's ivord a foundation for your faith, and He 
nowhere promises to do both at the same time, 
but has definitely provided another way. 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 113 

Why can't I grow into iU "Not of works, lest 
any man should boast." Jesus says it is by faith 
(Acts 15:9 and 26:18) ; that settles it. 

Why cannot I get sanctified in death? Because 
it is for this life (Luke 1:74, 75; Titus 2:12; 1 
Peter 1:16), as well as that beyond (Heb. 12:14). 
"Herein is our love made perfect, that we may 
have boldness in the day of judgment; because as 
he (Christ) is, so are we in this world." (1 John 
4:17). — Pentecost. 

A PLAIN GUIDE TO ENTER HOLINESS. 

1. The nature of Entire Holiness. — It is not 
consecration. Many think that they have holiness 
because they can say "they are all the Lord's," 
and they will remark, "Why, iwhat more can I 
have or do?" Consecration must precede the re- 
demption of holiness. It is not the perfection of 
judgment, knowledge or memory. It is not frames 
and feelings. It is not so much a blessing as a 
state. It is not freedom from temptation — Jesus 
was perfectly holy, and yet He was tempted. It 
is not mere recovery from a backslidden state. It 
does not render, tuatchfulness unnecessary, nor 
obviate the further need of the atoning blood. It 
is neither Adamic, angelic, nor absolute perfec- 
tion, nor does it place a person where he cannot 
sin if he wants to. Holiness is the removal of all 
carnality from the soul. All the risings of inbred 
sin are removed, and the soul is filled with pure 
love to God and man. "And the very God of peace 



114 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole 
spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless 
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." "For 
he that is dead (dead to sin) is freed from sin." 
"But if iv e ivalk in the light, as he is in the light, 
we have fellowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all 
sin." Sometimes holiness is termed perfection, 
i. e., perfection in love. Wesley says : "Christian 
perfection is nothing higher and nothing lower 
than this — the pure love of God and man. It is 
love filling the heart expelling, pride, anger, de- 
sire, self" Rev. J. Fletcher says : "Christian per- 
fection is a spiritual constellation made up of 
these graces: perfect repentance, perfect faith* 
perfect humility, perfect meekness, perfect self- 
denial, perfect resignation, perfect hope, perfect 
charity; for our visible enemies, as well as our 
friends; and, above all, perfect love for our invisi- 
ble God, through the explicit knowledge of our 
Mediator, Jesus Christ." "But whoso keepeth his 
vjord, in him verily is the love of God perfected." 
"If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and 
his love is perfected in us." "Herein is our love 
made perfect, that we may have boldness in the 
day of Judgment, because as he is, so are we in 
this world." 'There is no fear in love; but per- 
fect love casteth out fear" 

2. Can we be made entirely holy in this life? 
— That we can is evident from four considera- 
tions. 1. It is commanded. "And thou shalt love 



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the Lord thy God v:ith all thine heart, and with 
all thy soul, and with all thy might." "Be filled 
with the Spirit." "Be ye holy : for I am holy." 2 
God has expressly promised this blessing. "And 
the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and 
the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God 
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that 
thou mayest live" "Then will I sprinkle clean 
water upon you, and ye shall be clean from all 
your filthiness, and from all your idols will I 
cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and 
a new spirit will I put within you; and I 
will put my Spirit within you, and cause 
you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall 
keep my judgments and do them." "For 
this is the will of God, even your sanctification" 
3. It is proved by examples of holy Christians. 
"Noah was a just man, and perfect in his genera- 
tions; and Noah walked with God." "Job was 
perfect and upright." "And Enoch walked with 
God." "Preserve my soul for I {David) am holy." 
Read Isaiah 6:1-7, which gives a graphic descrip- 
tion of the sanctification of the prophet. "And 
they (Zacharias and Elizabeth) tvere both right- 
eous before God, walking in all the command- 
ments and ordinances of the Lord blameless." 
"Behold, an Israelite indeed in whom there is no 
guile." "And they were all filled tenth the Holy 
Ghost." "Stephen, a man full of faith and of the 
Holy Ghost" "Barnabas was a good man and 
full of the Holy Ghost and of faith." "Paul filled 



116 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

with the Holy Ghost." "Peter filled with the Holy 
Ghost" "Herod feared John, knowing that he 
vjas a just man and holy" 4. We must have it to 
enter heaven. "Who shall ascend into the hill of 
the Lord? or ivho shall stand in his holy place? 
He that hath clean hands and a pure heart." 
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see 
God." "Follow peace ivith all men, and holiness, 
without which no man shall see the Lord." 

4. Entire holiness not received at conversion. 
— That the disciples were converted, before Pente- 
cost is proved by the fact that Christ ordained 
them and sent them to preach. They had a meas- 
ure of the Holy Spirit; they were declared by 
Christ to be not of the world, and their names 
were written in heaven. Yet for these converted 
disciples Christ prays that they may be sanctified 
and made perfect, and a special enduement of the 
Spirit was promised to them after their conver- 
sion. Previous to their sanctification on the day 
of Pentecost, they tvere troubled with unbelief, 
worldly fear, anger, and worldly ambition. From 
all these roots of bitterness they were cleansed on 
the day of Pentecost. "And God, ivhich knoweth 
the heart, bear them (the Gentiles) witness; giv- 
ing them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us 
(converted Jews), and put no difference between 
us and them, purifying their hearts by faith." It 
is a noteworthy fact that all the commands and 
exhortations to holiness are nowhere addressed to 
sinners or backsliders, but invariably to believers. 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 117 

The church at Thessalonica was in a remarkably 
prosperous state, so that it tvas said of them, "In 
every place your faith to God-ward is spread 
abroad." Yet for these very exemplary Chris- 
tians, Paul prays: "And the very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly" — thus proving that they had 
not been entirely sanctified. "Have ye received 
the Holy Ghost since ye believed?" "Therefore, 
leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let 
us go on unto perfection." Wesley says : "Sin re- 
mains in the believer, yea, the seed of all sin, till 
he is sanctified- throughout. We do not know a 
single instance in any place of a person receiving 
in one and the same moment, remission of sins, 
the abiding witness of the Spirit and a new and a 
clean heart." 

5. How to obtain Holiness. — Let it be dis- 
tinctly understood that we cannot grow into this 
experience. Wesley says : "Both my brother and 
I maintain that Christian perfection is received 
by faith. That is, it is given instantaneously in 
one moment. To talk of this work being gradual 
would be nonsense > as much as if we talked of 
gradual justification." Dr. Adam Clarke says: 
"In no part of the Scripture are we directed to 
seek holiness by gradation or growth. We are to 
come to God as tvell for an instantaneous and 
complete purification from all sin, as for an in- 
stantaneous pardon." Grotuth never changes the 
nature of anything. Briefly, the steps to be taken 
are: 1. A pure desire to glorify God. 2. An ut- 



118 YOUR HEART AND MINE 

ter abandonment to God of your entire being. "I 
beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies 
of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacri- 
fice; holy, acceptable unto God, which is your rea- 
sonable service. And be not conformed to this 
world; but be ye transformed by the renewing of 
your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, 
and acceptable, and perfect will of God/' "If any 
man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, 
whether it be of God" 3. Definite faith. Be- 
lieve the blood cleanses you now, not that it lias 
cleansed you, but that it does cleanse you, and 
cleanses you note. "Likewise reckon ye also your- 
selves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto 
God through Jesus Christ our Lord." "Sanctified 
by faith in m,e." and "put no difference between 
us and, them, purifying their hearts by faith." 
This great blessing is retained on exactly the 
same conditions that it is first received — entire- 
consecration, definite faith and constant obedi- 
ence. Reader, do you enjoy this great blessing? If 
not, why not? The very best and easiest time to 
seek holiness is immediately after justification. 
Paul wrote to heathen converts in Thessalonica 
not more than six months after their conversion: 
"This is the will of God, even your sanctification." 
"Behold notv is the day of salvation." It is dan- 
gerous to trifle unth convictions for holiness. You 
will surely backslide, unless you yield, yourself 
fully up to the Lord, to be made holy. There is no 
possible alternative for it. Thousands of promts- 



YOUR HEART AND MINE 119 

ing converts backslide, because they do not go on 
to entire holiness. "Yet a little while is the light 
with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest dark- 
ness come upon you." "Quench not the Spirit." — 
Rev. A. Sims, Toronto, Canada. 

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